00:00Hungarian elections pulled a strong record morning turnout as polls got underway on Sunday
00:06and some 7.5 million people were expected to catch their ballot.
00:10Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, president of the ruling Fidesz party,
00:14cast his vote in Buda Sunday morning and expressed delight with the voter turnout.
00:25Peter Maia, chairman of the Tsitsa party, the largest and only opposition party in Hungary,
00:31with a chance of forming a government, also cast his ballot in Buda.
00:35Maia said a potential record turnout and a smooth fair election would favor his party's victory.
00:49According to data from the National Election Office,
00:52some 900 registered foreign observers are monitoring the parliamentary polls,
00:56the biggest electoral challenge yet for Prime Minister Orbán.
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