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DATE: MONDAY, April 9, 1990                   TAG: 9004090283
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A/2   EDITION: EVENING 
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DATELINE: BUDAPEST, HUNGARY                                LENGTH: Short

COMMUNISM FINISHED OFF IN HUNGARY

The conservative Democratic Forum defeated its liberal rival in elections that closed the book on four decades of Communist rule, and was expected to seek a governing coalition with two smaller parties.

Unofficial results from the national vote-counting center showed the conservative, nationalist party to have won 165 of 386 seats at stake in a runoff vote Sunday and first-round balloting two weeks ago.

It was the second victory for a conservative party in free elections in the former Soviet bloc. Conservatives won big in East Germany's March 18 vote, falling just short of a majority. In both countries, the remnants of the long-ruling Communists were relegated to a relatively minor opposition role.

-Associated Press 


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