Hungary’s lawmakers elect Viktor Orban to 3rd term

Published May 10, 2014 6:40pm ET



BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungarian lawmakers on Saturday elected Viktor Orban to his third term as prime minister, a month after his Fidesz party won its second consecutive two-thirds majority in the legislature.

Orban was supported by 130 deputies from Fidesz and its small ally, the Christian Democrats, while 57 lawmakers from the opposition parties voted against him.

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