(1 Oct 2006) SHOTLIST
1. Wide exterior of parliament building
2. Security outside parliament building
3. Wide shot of tents by protesters who have camped outside parliament for past couple of weeks
4. Various of polling station
5. Various woman voting
6. SOUNDBITE (Hungarian) Vox Pop:
"I voted for the left because I think that they're more genuine even though all of the lies came out in the prime minister's speech."
7. Cutaway
8. SOUNDBITE (Hungarian) Vox Pop:
"I am a conservative. A nation and a society can only be built on tradition."
9. Elderly couple casting votes
10. Various shots of vote casting
STORYLINE:
Two weeks after the start of anti-government protests - and the worst rioting since the 1956 revolution - Sunday's municipal elections will give Hungarian voters a swift chance to bolster or reject a government that has admitted lying to them about the economy.
A leaked confession showed Socialist Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany telling his party that the coalition's April re-election had been aided by disguising the real state of the economy, which it was able to keep up only through "divine providence, the abundance of cash in the world economy and hundreds of tricks."
Despite the protests, Gyurcsany has refused to apologise for his May speech and has vowed to stay in his post.
On Sunday, almost 8.2 (m) million voters will choose mayors and representatives for local, county and ethnic minority councils in 3,174 settlements around the country.
Voting booths will be open from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. (0400-1700 GMT). Before a ban on campaigning took effect at the end of Friday, government and centre-right opposition leaders made their last televised appeal to voters.
Former premier Viktor Orban, chairman of Fidesz, the main opposition group, said Sunday's elections were of historic significance and no matter the outcome, "a new era will begin on (Monday)."
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