Hungary PM claims EU migrant quota referendum victory

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has declared victory in a referendum on mandatory EU migrant quotas, despite a low turnout that appeared to render it invalid.
 
Nearly 98 percent of those who took part supported the government's call to reject the EU plan.
 
Only 43 percent of the electorate voted, short of the 50 percent required to be valid.

A government spokesman said the outcome is binding "politically and legally" but the opposition said the government did not have the support it needed.
 
Mr Orban urged EU decision makers to take note of the result and said he would change Hungary's constitution to make the decision binding.

BBC