Comments on: Voter Registration in Hungary: Because Turnout Isn’t Low Enough http://eastofcenter.tol.org/2012/06/voter-registration-in-hungary-because-turnout-isnt-low-enough/ Transitions Online Staff Blog Tue, 20 Nov 2012 23:58:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Balint Szlanko http://eastofcenter.tol.org/2012/06/voter-registration-in-hungary-because-turnout-isnt-low-enough/#comment-1037 Balint Szlanko Thu, 07 Jun 2012 07:52:39 +0000 http://eastofcenter.tol.org/?p=4564#comment-1037 I have no argument with this, I merely want to point out that second-round results in Hungary can be misleading because only those seats are contested in the second round that didn't declare a winner in the first one. So while 31 per cent may seem very low, it doesn't necessarily mean that overall turnout at the election was low. In fact, in 2010, first-round turnout was 64 per cent which isn't that bad. I will still argue that turnout is low by developed-country standards, but the 31 per cent figure is misleading. I have no argument with this, I merely want to point out that second-round results in Hungary can be misleading because only those seats are contested in the second round that didn’t declare a winner in the first one. So while 31 per cent may seem very low, it doesn’t necessarily mean that overall turnout at the election was low. In fact, in 2010, first-round turnout was 64 per cent which isn’t that bad. I will still argue that turnout is low by developed-country standards, but the 31 per cent figure is misleading.

]]> By: Balazs http://eastofcenter.tol.org/2012/06/voter-registration-in-hungary-because-turnout-isnt-low-enough/#comment-1035 Balazs Thu, 07 Jun 2012 01:04:41 +0000 http://eastofcenter.tol.org/?p=4564#comment-1035 just a comment about " according to the International Foundation for Electoral Systems, barely 31 percent of registered voters cast ballots in the second round of 2010′s parliamentary elections." it is true, but is has to be noticed, that the election system of hungary is complicated, and in the second round there are just individual canditates, you can't vote to the list, and the rule is: if in the first round the individual candidate get more the 50%+1 of the whole vote---> there is not going to be a second round. And many fidesz candidate get more the 50% in the first round..., so this is the reason of the extremely low voters. in the first round 46% participate on the poll, what is still not to many, indeed. just a comment about ” according to the International Foundation for Electoral Systems, barely 31 percent of registered voters cast ballots in the second round of 2010′s parliamentary elections.”

it is true, but is has to be noticed, that the election system of hungary is complicated, and in the second round there are just individual canditates, you can’t vote to the list, and the rule is: if
in the first round the individual candidate get more the 50%+1 of the whole vote—> there is not going to be a second round.
And many fidesz candidate get more the 50% in the first round…, so this is the reason of the extremely low voters.

in the first round 46% participate on the poll, what is still not to many, indeed.

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