国际英语新闻：Hungarian conservative Fidesz takes lead in parliamentary election

BUDAPEST, April 11 (Xinhua) -- Conservative Fidesz won 206 seats in Hungary's 386-seat parliament in Sunday's election, leaving the Socialists, which had been in office for the past eight years, soundly beaten with only 28 seats.

The far right Jobbik came in third with 26 seats and the green LMP, a newcomer to parliament, won 5 seats.

The remaining 121 seats are still up for grabs and will be divided up among the four parties in the second round of voting on April 25.

President Laszlo Solyom thanked the Hungarian people for the high turnout. The outcome of the voting, he said, promises a fundamental change in policy. "Support for a single party has never before been so clear or so widespread," said Solyom. It means that a tremendous responsibility rests with the winner, he said.

Hungarian President Laszlo Solyom (C) announces the results of the first turn of the Hungarian Parliamentary Elections at the National Election Center in Budapest, Hungary, April 11, 2010. Conservative Fidesz won 206 seats in Hungary's 386-seat parliament in Sunday's election, leaving the Socialists, which had been in office for the past eight years, beaten with only 28 seats. The far right Jobbik came in third with 26 seats and the green LMP, a newcomer to parliament, won 5 seats.

Fidesz chair and upcoming Prime Minister Viktor Orban thanked his supporters. He called the victory the "start of a historical sentence," saying that the people had passed judgment on a failed era and had chosen the future over hopelessness. Now, he said, they had to complete the sentence, which would require determination and stamina.

"I will need the support of every single Hungarian," Orban said, in an initial move to close the gap between a highly divided society.

Initial comments from Socialist Party chairperson Ildiko Lendvai focused more on recent legislation that restricted people voting outside of their districts to a single polling site in the temporary district, creating long lines and dragging out the election for several additional hours. She called for an investigation of possible abuses in the voting process, but made no mention of her party's trouncing