(ANSA-AFP) - BUDAPEST, JAN 11 - Hungary will hold a general
election on April 3, the president said Tuesday, with
controversial right-wing Prime Minister Viktor Orban facing his
toughest contest since coming to power in 2010. Aiming to win a
fourth consecutive term, the nationalist Orban is up against a
united opposition alliance with most polls indicating a close
race. Some eight million Hungarians will be eligible to vote,
out of a population of 9.8 million. Orban remains popular at
home despite critics' accusations of rampant corruption and that
he is steering Hungary towards authoritarianism. (ANSA-AFP).
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