News in Brief
Budapest Mayor asks court for repeat election
Gergely Karácsony won the June 9 election by just 41 votes after a recount at the request of his closest rival, Dávid Vitézy.
Gergely Karácsony won the June 9 election by just 41 votes after a recount at the request of his closest rival, Dávid Vitézy.
In the local election, Gergely Karácsony garnered 371,466 votes and Dávid Vitézy 371,142.
A recount of the record 24,592 invalid votes cast at the Budapest mayor ballot will go ahead today.
Dávid Vitézy garnered 47.49% (371,142 votes), while Gergely Karácsony, the incumbent mayor, had 47.53% (371,466 votes).