Hungary opposition makes gains, raising stakes for Orban -poll

FILE PHOTO: Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban gestures during the Fidesz party congress in Budapest, Hungary, November 14, 2021. REUTERS/Bernadett Szabo/File Photo

BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Hungary's united opposition retained a four-point lead ahead of Prime Minister Viktor Orban's ruling Fidesz in a November survey by the think tank Zavecz Research, which also showed a decline in the ranks of the undecided ahead of a national election.

For the first time since taking power in a 2010 landslide, the 58-year-old Orban will face a united front of opposition parties on the ballot, likely to be held in April, that includes the Democratic Coalition, the Socialists, liberals and the formerly far-right, and now centre-right, Jobbik.