In Hungary social democrats are up by 0.6 points, in keeping with a slight rise of parties belonging to S&D across Europe.
In Hungary seven polls were recorded between January 1 and February 28, 2019. Parties belonging to the Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (S&D) and to the European People's Party (EPP) have gained support in the polls, while the Hungarian party belonging to ALDE has lost support. The most recent poll included in this analysis is from February 10, 2019.
EP group | Parties | Support | 2-month change |
---|---|---|---|
ALDE | Momentum Movement | 3.9% | -0.6 points |
EPP | Fidesz - Hungarian Civic Union & KDNP | 51.3% | +0.3 points |
Greens/EFA | LMP Politics Can Be Different | 4.1% | 0 points |
S&D | Democratic Coalition and Hungarian Socialist Party | 21.1% | +0.6 points |
non-affiliated | Jobbik Movement for a Better Hungary | 13.9% | 0 points |
new or uncategorized | Our Home Movement and MKPP Hungarian Party of the two-tailed dog | 4.1% | -0.3 points |
This analysis is part of a study based on 298 polls conducted in the EU member states between January 1 and February 28, 2019. The polls were gathered by the Poll of Polls , which has more has more in-depth polling data for Hungary.
At the European level, the European United Left-Nordic Green Left (GUE/NGL) is the group that seems to be taking the biggest hit. It is down by 0.7 points to 7.5 percent. Europe of Freedom and Direct Democracy (EFDD) and the European People's Party (EPP) are also down in the latest polls by 0.7 and 0.2 points.
The EP group with the biggest increase across the continent is the social democratic S&D. The national parties of this group is up by 0.4 points. These are the national parties of S&D that have made the largest gains:
Parties that are currently not in the European Parliament and are yet to choose an EP group, are also gaining support, now sitting at 8.1 percent across the union.
To know more about European trends and the methodology that we used for this analysis, you can have a look at this page.