The only party that has not yet spoken of its candidate is extreme rightwing Jobbik although it is far from decided who would be their chosen contender: MEP Krisztina Morvai or chairman Gábor Vona. If Hungary's PM was elected directly "this Sunday", Fidesz leader Viktor Orbán would face no serious challenger as he would receive 38 percent of all the votes cast. MDF MEP Lajos Bokros would follow him, scoring surprisingly well, with 16 percent of the votes. Tellingly, he is more popular among socialist supporters (scoring 39 per cent in that group) than one of MSZP's unofficial candidates, parliamentary group leader Attila Mesterházy who got 19 percent among socialist supporters and a mere 5 percent among all respondents. Extreme rightwing Jobbik's MEP Krisztina Morvai scored 6 percent.



PM Bajnai and corruption

Three quarters of respondents disagreed with the statement that "Bajnai's cabinet reduced the level of corruption" while only 17 percent agreed. Even almost two-thirds (63 percent) of socialist voters disagreed.

Party preferences

Fidesz, compared with last month's drop, climbed back from 33 to 39 percent among all respondents while 50 percent of decided voters said they would vote for the party (last month it was 48 percent). MSZP and extreme rightwing Jobbik are neck-to-neck for the second position, the former scoring 10 and the latter 9 percent.



Sample and Method

The interviews were conducted between 17-20th November 2009 by telephone on a nationwide representative sample. N=1000.
The margin of error is maximum plus or minus 3.2 percent, with different margins or error for subgroups.