VIDEO A Nobel Prize laureate stood in line for two hours to vote for Hungarian parliamentarians. He is a fervent critic of Orban
The winner of the 2025 Nobel Prize for Literature, László Krasznahorkai, voted for the parliamentary elections in Hungary at a polling station in Italy, set up at the consulate in Milan. The writer stood in line for two hours to exercise his right to vote, writes hvg.hu.
The publication received the information from a reader who also managed to capture images of the great Hungarian writer.
“There were about 110 people in line in front of me. Very organized and professional. I waited an hour and 50 minutes. At the exit I saw that there was a line about the same size,” the reader reported.
László Krasznahorkai's presence caused no commotion among Hungarians waiting to vote, and the writer was not asked to pose with any admirers. That reader also sent a short clip of Krasznahorkai after he left the polling station.
A critic of Orban
In an interview in March, Hungarian Nobel laureate László Krasznahorkai told his compatriots to leave the country if Viktor Orbán's party wins Hungary's April elections again.
“As far as possible! Run and run very far!”, Krasznahorkai said in an interview with La Vanguardia newspaper during his visit to Barcelona – his first public appearance since receiving the Nobel Prize.
Asked about the million alcoholics in Hungary, out of a population of ten million, he gave a dry verdict: “Under the Orbán regime, I'm surprised that there are only a million.”
High turnout in Hungarian elections
Hungarian citizens began voting on Sunday morning in a parliamentary election crucial to the country's future and closely watched in the EU, Washington and Moscow, pitting Prime Minister Viktor Orban's FIDESZ against TISZA, the party founded by Peter Magyar.
Voters flocked to the polls early and queues formed at many polling stations in Hungary and abroad, and sociologists say a record turnout could be recorded.
Several polling stations in the Hungarian capital are crowded. Thus, voters in Budapest mobilized massively for the parliamentary elections.
