Dávid Vitézy, the runner-up in the recent election for Budapest mayor, has said his team will submit a request to recount the votes before the Thursday appeal deadline. Vitézy, supported by LMP-Greens and the With Dávid Vitézy for Budapest association, garnered 47.49% (371,142 votes), while Gergely Karácsony, the incumbent mayor, had 47.53% (371,466 votes). Vitézy said on Facebook that the number of invalid votes were „76 times as much as the difference” between his votes and those cast for Karácsony. He insisted it was a „democratic minimum” to complete a recount, insisting that reports in connection with the handling of the invalid votes had been systematically thwarted. He added that his team would provide evidence. Vitézy said he would accept the authorities’ decision „whatever the outcome”, adding that if Karácsony’s win were to be officially confirmed, he would congratulate him.