In the April election, the centrist–centre‑right Tisza Party won Budapest by a landslide, while, much to the surprise of many, left‑wing and liberal candidates, including incumbents, markedly underperformed. Public discourse often describes Budapest’s political landscape in simplified terms, portraying the capital as uniformly liberal or left‑leaning. This perception is partly shaped by city‑level election results and partly by values associated with urban lifestyles. Such generalisations, however, tend to obscure the more subtle differences that are clearly observable within the city, especially at the district level.
The following analysis, therefore, seeks to uncover how and in what direction party preferences have shifted across Budapest’s districts recently.
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