The decrease of the proportion of voters can be observed before the local government elections, the losers of this are primarily the far-right Jobbik and the socialist MSZP. This turns out from the nation-wide representative public opinion poll of 1,000 persons by Nézőpont Intézet, performed between 22-26 September.
Fidesz-KDNP continues to lead the competition of the parties self-confidently, 34 percent of all the respondents sympathises with the governing party. This also means that, after the lower support values of the summer, the party could stabilise its level of support. Of the left-wing parties, MSZP and DK has 6-6 percent, respectively, whereas Együtt-PM (Together-PM) has 3 percent, thus the struggle for the title of strongest left-wing party has become open again. The party of András Schiffer (the green LMP) has 4 percent of the sympathisers. By the end of the elections in April Jobbik reached a 15 percent support among the entire population, which it held steadily since then, however in September it dropped to 11 percent, which is a significant 4 percent decrease compared with the previous measurements.
The governing party leads in the group of potential voters as well, with a significant advantage, with supporters of 45 percent. Jobbik is the second in this base as well with sympathisers of 20 percent, however, the radical party fell back significantly in this group, too (decrease of 6 percent). Among the potential voters MSZP and DK has support of 12-12 percent, respectively, LMP has 6 percent, whereas Együtt-PM would have 5 percent of potential voters if the elections were held this Sunday.
