In Hungary’s general election, Viktor Urban is running for a fourth term.

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is threatening the opposition coalition’s attempt to topple the Fades’ party, which is in power.

In a general election overshadowed by the conflict in neighboring Ukraine, Hungary’s prime leader, Viktor Orbán, is running for a fourth term in office despite being accused of supporting Russian President Vladimir Putin. Voting has started in Hungary.

A steady stream of voters cast ballots after polling places opened at 6 a.m. in an election that has sparked concerns about potential fraud and the result of which could determine Hungary’s direction at a crucial juncture in international affairs despite plummeting temperatures and a mix of rain and snow that could affect turnout.

After opposition parties united into a six-party alliance, United for Hungary, to challenge Organ’s self-described “illiberal” rule, opinion polls revealed a close contest. Fidesz, the ruling party

It is the second time the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe has sent a 200-person monitoring team for a poll in an EU member state, following years of gerrymandering and changes to election rules.

According to expert projections, the opposition would require a roughly 5% edge in the public vote to secure a majority in Hungary’s 199-member parliament.

A substantial number of ballots, mostly for opposition candidates, were apparently discovered partially burned in a bag at a landfill site last week in the Romanian province of Transylvania, where many ethnic Hungarians have dual citizenship and voting rights. This discovery raised concerns about fraud.

“There won’t be a fair election. Fades is favored by the system,” Dominick Strata remarked.