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===Hungary=== In 2011, [[Fidesz]] politician [[János Lázár]] has proposed a redesign to Hungarian voting districts; considering the territorial results of previous elections, this redesign would favor right-wing politics according to the opposition.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://index.hu/belfold/2011/11/28/igy_lesz_jobboldali_magyarorszag/ |title=Index – Belföld – Így lesz jobboldali Magyarország |date=28 November 2011 |publisher=Index.hu |access-date=18 November 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.policysolutions.hu/userfiles/elemzes/156/pid_hungarian_politics_in_depth_2011_week48.pdf |title=Gerrymandering Fidesz' way to re-election? |access-date=16 September 2020 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120426070629/http://www.policysolutions.hu/userfiles/elemzesek/PID_Hungarian%20Politics%20In-Depth_2011_Week48.pdf |archive-date=26 April 2012 }}</ref> Since then, the law has been passed by the Fidesz-majority [[National Assembly (Hungary)|National Assembly]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://index.hu/belfold/2011/12/23/elfogadtak_az_uj_valasztojogi_torvenyt/ |title=Index – Belföld – Elfogadták az új választójogi törvényt |date=23 December 2011 |publisher=Index.hu |access-date=18 November 2012}}</ref> By the political think tanks and media close to the opposition, it took twice as many votes to gain a seat in some election districts as in some others. However, their findings are controversial.<ref>{{cite web |author=Hornyák József |url=http://www.vg.hu/kozelet/vg_online/kozelet_-_belfold/090112_capital_255559 |title=Fellebbez a Political Capital a választókerületi aránytalanságok miatt | Közélet | Világgazdaság Online |date=12 January 2009 |publisher=Vg.hu |access-date=18 November 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140312021118/http://www.vg.hu/kozelet/vg_online/kozelet_-_belfold/090112_capital_255559 |archive-date=12 March 2014 }}</ref> Gerrymandering was seen in the [[2018 Hungarian parliamentary election|2018 election results]].<ref>[https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2022/04/02/a-wild-gerrymander-makes-hungarys-fidesz-party-hard-to-dislodge A wild gerrymander makes Hungary's Fidesz party hard to dislodge, The Economist, 2022]</ref>
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