Hungarian Primaries Send Conservative Shock Winner Against Orban
- Mayor Peter Marki-Zay elected opposition’s premier-candidate
- Opposition alliance, ruling party are in a dead heat in polls
Mayor of Hodmezovasarhely and opposition candidate for prime minister, Peter Marki-Zay addresses participants during a campaign rally.
Photographer: Attila Kisbenedek/AFP/Getty Images
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A conservative mayor will lead Hungary’s united opposition against Prime Minister Viktor Orban in the most fiercely contested election in more than a decade.
Peter Marki-Zay dominated the six-party alliance’s primary runoff, defeating Klara Dobrev, a European Parliament vice president and the candidate of DK, the biggest opposition party.