According to 61 percent of Hungarian voters and nearly 40 percent of Tisza Party voters, there is no need for early parliamentary elections in Hungary. Compared to the spring of 2024, the proportion of those supporting the demand of the Tisza Party president has even decreased.
According to a public opinion poll conducted by the Nézőpont Institute in the second week of January, a significant majority of voters disagree with Péter Magyar's demand expressed in his New Year's Eve speech for holding early parliamentary elections in Hungary. According to 61 percent of active voters, the election should be held in 2026 as originally scheduled, while only a third (33 percent) think that an early election is necessary.
Péter Magyar has called for early elections before as well. It is worth mentioning that the number of those who agree with Péter Magyar’s demand has even decreased. In April 2024, there was also a minority – though slightly larger than now (37 percent) – who supported the idea of the Tisza Party president.
The poll also reveals that four out of ten Tisza voters do not support Péter Magyar's demand, as almost one third (32 percent) think that the elections should be held in 2026 as originally scheduled, 7 percent could not or did not want to answer the question, and only 61 percent support the party president's initiative. These figures suggest that 40 percent of Tisza voters do not believe that their party would win an early election either, otherwise they would hardly oppose holding one. Consequently, the poll results suggesting a political advantage for the Tisza Party do not seem to have fully convinced even its own voters.
Methodology
The latest opinion-poll of the Nézőpont Institute was conducted between 8 and 10 of April, 2024, and between 6 and 8 of January, 2025, by interviewing 1,000 respondents by phone. For all surveys, the sample is representative of the adult population (18 years and older) by gender, age, region, type of settlement and education. In case of a sample size of 1000 respondents and a confidence level of 95 percent, the margin of sampling error is ± 3.16 percent.