2 Opposition Parties OK Electoral Pact

Hoping to topple Prime Minister Gyula Horn’s ruling Socialists, the two top opposition parties agreed to back each other in a May 24 runoff in parliamentary elections. The Socialists received 32% of the vote Sunday, the most among a dozen contenders. But the poor performance of their coalition partner--the Free Democrats, who won only 8% of the vote--appeared to leave the opposition in a potentially stronger position. The two top opposition parties, the Young Democrats-Civic Party and the Smallholders, together got 41% of the votes cast.