Tisza activists gather signatures in Szekesfehervar, Hungary, on April 2.
Photographer: Akos Stiller/BloombergElections
Orban’s Birthplace Turns Into a Battleground for His Survival
The city of Szekesfehervar has been a stronghold of the Hungarian premier and his party for years. Is it now about to abandon him?
Szekesfehervar is Viktor Orban’s kind of place. It’s where he was born, where he attended high school and a city that encapsulates his domination of Hungarian politics since returning to power 16 years ago.
Sixty kilometers (37 miles) southwest of Budapest, it’s also now the kind of place that Orban desperately needs to keep hold of in Hungary’s election this weekend. Polling shows Szekesfehervar, where the first kings of Hungary were crowned, is a bellwether for the outcome of Sunday’s vote.