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Hungary prime minister wins 3rd term

By Pablo Gorondi
Published April 7, 2014 12:41am ET
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Hungary prime minister wins 3rd term
Hungarian President Janos Ader and his wife Anita Herczegh cast their vote at a polling station in Budapest during the parliamentary elections in Hungary, Sunday April 6, 2014. Hungary's governing party is tipped to win parliamentary elections Sunday, while a far-right party is expected to make further gains, according to polls. Prime Minister Viktor Orban's Fidesz party and its small ally, the Christian Democrats, are expected to win easily and they may even retain the two-thirds majority in the legislature gained in 2010 which allowed them to pass a new constitution, adopt unconventional economic policies, centralize power and grow the state's influence at the expense of the private sector. (AP Photo/Laszlo Beliczay) | Laszlo Beliczay

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s Fidesz party won parliamentary elections Sunday and narrowly secured a new two-thirds majority, but gains by a far-right party were a cause for concern.

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