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Paragraph 27
 

In the Hungarian context, the amendment looks favourable to the incumbents. The introduction, in 2011, of a first-past-the-post system, instead of a two-round one , had already favoured the majority party vis-à-vis an opposition consisting of several parties, which lost most chances in majoritarian constituencies when they did not present a common candidate. With the new system, if they do not submit a joint national list, opposition parties will have to run separately in more than two thirds of majoritarian constituencies and it is likely that they will obtain very few majoritarian seats. That is why all opposition parties make it clear that they strongly oppose this amendment, which was only supported by the political majority.