nezopont intezet

March 11, 2010, 09:40 CET

Support for parties stable, Nézőpont Intézet poll shows

With hardly more than a month to go until the general elections, Hungary's main opposition Fidesz maintained its lead over the ruling Socialists last week, a recent poll by the Nezopont Institute showed. The poll conducted on a sample of... [read complete entry]

March 04, 2010, 09:51 CET

Fidesz retains large lead in polls; willingness to vote increases

Fidesz has 52% support amongst potential voters while 19% back the Socialists and 14% Jobbik, a Nézöpont Institute poll found. Socialist support is below 5% in the 30-44 age band, while 19% of Hungary's over 60s favour the party. The... [read complete entry]

March 02, 2010, 10:06 CET

Analysts expect intensifying campaign

Political analysts expect the campaign for the April general elections to intensify in the coming weeks and differ from the previous ones. Presenting a volume on European campaign strategies on Monday evening, Agoston Samuel Mraz of Nezopont Institute and Attila... [read complete entry]

February 25, 2010, 10:30 CET

Fidesz still forecast to win two-thirds majority at elections

Viktor Orban's conservative Fidesz party could secure a two-thirds majority - needed to change the constitution -- if an election were held now, according to a Nezopont poll commissioned by political weekly Heti Valasz. In the third week of February,... [read complete entry]

February 22, 2010, 10:17 CET

Socialist PM candidate addresses uncertain voters, say analysts

Prime Minister candidate of the governing Socialist party Attila Mesterhazy addressed uncertain and disillusioned voters in a speech outlining the party's election programme, said analysts polled by MTI on Sunday. The speech addressed opponents within the party as well as... [read complete entry]

February 18, 2010, 10:08 CET

Poll shows decline of support for Fidesz, but party still retains strong lead

Support for opposition party Fidesz declined in February, two months ahead of the general election, but the conservative party still retained a big lead against the ruling Socialists, pollster Nezopont said on Wednesday. Among active voters, Fidesz's support fell to... [read complete entry]

February 08, 2010, 10:10 CET

Orbán's state of the nation speech "risk-free," say analysts

Viktor Orban, head of the main opposition Fidesz party, made his state of the nation speech without statements involving any political risk and addressing voters at the centre, analysts told MTI on Friday. Agoston Samuel Mraz of the Nezopont Institute... [read complete entry]

January 28, 2010, 09:52 CET

Analysts consider campaign value of axed property tax

Political analysts polled on Wednesday told MTI that the constitutional court's decision to scrap a part of the new property tax hurt the ruling Socialist Party, but could also have some negative implications for the rival opposition Fidesz. The ruling... [read complete entry]

January 28, 2010, 09:49 CET

Fidesz seen to win two-thirds majority in next parliament

Hungary's main opposition Fidesz and its ally Christian Democrats could win two-thirds of the seats plus nine more in the next parliament, according to an optimal scenario developed in a poll by Nezopont Intezet sent to MTI on Wednesday. Nezopont... [read complete entry]

December 17, 2009, 10:00 CET

Poll finds Socialist PM candidate getting backing of just 7% of electorate

The Socialist party's candidate for prime minister got the nod from 7 percent of the electorate in a survey by the Nezopont Institute, compared to 36 percent for opposition Fidesz's Viktor Orban, the conservative think-tank said on Wednesday, citing its... [read complete entry]

November 26, 2009, 10:06 CET

Survey finds majority supporting Orbán as PM

Hungary's main opposition Fidesz party leader Viktor Orban was seen as most voters' choice for prime minister, well ahead of the Socialist party's likely candidate Attila Mesterhazy, by a poll from research firm Nezopont Institute revealed on Wednesday. The poll,... [read complete entry]

November 10, 2009, 07:28 CET

Hungarians see Socialists as most corrupt political party

A new poll by the Nézőpont Intézet has returned the unsurprising results that of those willing to state their belief that a political party is corrupt, the Socialists came in first with 23%, with the Free Democrats coming in second... [read complete entry]

October 29, 2009, 10:54 CET

Nézőpont survey finds growing support for PM, Fidesz supermajority

The huge lead of conservative opposition party Fidesz against the ruling Socialists narrowed slightly in October while positive views of the prime minister's handling of the economic crisis increased, said think-tank Nezopont in poll, to appear in Thursday's political weekly... [read complete entry]

September 24, 2009, 09:35 CET

Majority expects Fidesz to form government without coalition partners

More than half of Hungarians, 58%, expect Fidesz to form a government on its own after next year's parliamentary elections, according to a poll by the conservative Nézõpont institute. Only 33% disagree. Some 49% of Socialist Party supporters and 52%... [read complete entry]

March 31, 2009, 08:30 CET

Public support for Bajnai just 8% on eve of appointment

Gordon Bajnai, the Socialist party's choice to head the next government, commands only eight percent support, according to a Nezopont Institute poll on Monday.... [read complete entry]

March 27, 2009, 10:33 CET

Analysts say odds of early elections growing

The possibility of early elections in Hungary is increasing by the day and the minority governing Socialists might even be made interested to look into that option, political analysts told MTI on Friday.... [read complete entry]

March 21, 2009, 03:08 CET

Think tank says Gyurcsány announcement leaves key questions unanswered

Hungary's Socialist prime minister Ferenc Gyurcsany's announcement to ask for a constructive no-confidence vote against himself has left several questions to be answered, the think tank Nezopont Institute said on Saturday.... [read complete entry]

March 19, 2009, 08:02 CET

Polls indicate only two Hungarian parties to win European Parliament seats

Only Hungary's two biggest parties will win seats in the June European parliamentary elections, according to a poll conducted by Nezopont Institute.... [read complete entry]

January 29, 2009, 10:21 CET

Gyurcsány emerges as least popular politician in new poll

Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany is the least popular official of his minority Socialist government, according to a Nezopont Institute poll.... [read complete entry]

October 22, 2008, 02:04 CET

New surveys suggest Hungarians much more sensible than they will seem during tomorrow's riots

A couple of new public opinion surveys have been released in advance of tomorrow's October 23rd holiday, no doubt because of the day's increasing association with political unrest. Happily, both polls suggest that Hungarians are a lot more reasonable than... [read complete entry]

October 08, 2008, 09:21 CET

Poster campaign highlighting Socialists' achievements no great achievement

This should not come as a great surprise, but according to a poll run last month by Nézőpont Intézet (and summarized in this article in Magyar Nemzet), few Hungarians are inclined to believe the slogans on posters the Hungarian Socialist... [read complete entry]

August 28, 2008, 10:10 CET

Roma protest loaded survey question on "gypsy crime"

The head of the National Roma Council has protested against a survey published on Wednesday which had juxtaposed the words "gypsy" and "crime" in a question. Orban Kolompar slammed Nezopont Institute's survey, which found that 91 percent of those asked... [read complete entry]

August 01, 2008, 08:45 CET

Analysts say Gyurcsány unlikely to be replaced before next election

Nézőpont Intézet report says PM's opponents too weak, divided to force his resignation. [read complete entry]

July 17, 2008, 10:05 CET

Fidesz sees 4% drop in support over the previous month

Party preferences among undecided voters see modest drops, as does popularity of several politicians. [read complete entry]

July 08, 2008, 10:18 CET

Analysts say Fodor has until fall to find "real" supporters

While newly-elected SZDSZ chairman Gábor Fodor managed to topple János Kóka using language aimed at the widest possible range of potential supporters, political analysts at the Nézőpont Intézet argue in a report that the new head of Hungary's hard-pressed Liberals... [read complete entry]

June 25, 2008, 10:40 CET

Fodor and Gyurcsány meeting ends in stalemate as both parties stall for time

Experts say new SZDSZ leader Gábor Fodor and Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsány are waiting for their parties to stabilize before coming to an agreement. [read complete entry]

May 22, 2008, 10:08 CET

New poll gives gov't low marks, early elections boost

More than half of respondents in survey see necessity of general election before 2010. [read complete entry]

April 24, 2008, 10:13 CET

Latest poll: Socialist popularity slides even further

Support for the Socialist Party among eligible voters has dropped from 11% in January to 10% in April, a Századvég-Forsense poll found, while 32% of voters back Fidesz. Among decided party voters 69% would vote for Fidesz and 19% for... [read complete entry]