Opposition representatives contended that politicalrather than demographic motives drove the redistricting. They saw the shift of electoral districts from the more urban Budapest – where the governing parties are weaker – to the more suburban Pest county – where they are stronger – as a strategic effort to improve the governing parties’ electoral prospects. In the view of the Venice Commission, the process by which Act LXXIX of 2024 was initiated and adopted[45] – as well as the specific boundary changes described above – suggest possible political motivations behind the reform. In this connection, the Venice Commission notes that its 2020 Report on electoral law and electoral administration explicitly mentions the case of Hungary as an example where allegations of gerrymandering have been widespread in the delimitation process.[46] It thus appears that there is little trust in the good will of the governing parties to redraw the boundaries of the electoral districts in a politically neutral way.