Spark Movement

Currently, they continue their work as a registered association in order to enforce a decidedly left-wing policy that focuses on representation of workers' interests, preservation of the natural environment, and strengthening of democratic values.

[7] Building on its success in the 2019 local elections, the current Spark Movement was founded on 14 October 2020 as an organisation with a long-term strategy.

They point out that rents have risen to extreme levels in recent years and have become unaffordable for a wide range of city dwellers.

András Jámbor, candidate of the Szikra Movement in Józsefváros and Ferencváros, as well as Mayor Gergely Karácsony, Krisztina Baranyi, and representatives of the Student Trade Union and housing organisations spoke in front of the Parliament.

At the beginning of the primaries, Hungarian Socialist Party and Dialogue backed András Jámbor, and later LMP politicians also supported his campaign.

[15][16][17] The other candidates in the constituency were Dániel Manhalter of Democratic Coalition, Anett Csordás of C8 and Momentum Movement, and Márta Demeter of Jobbik.

Expressing their support, members of Szikra and András Jámbor travelled to the company, condemning the government for disenfranchising workers, for not taking action against the inability of trade unions to organise and for ignoring working conditions.

[22][23] In the parliamentary elections of 3 April 2022, András Jámbor won Budapest 6th constituency with 48% of the vote against Sára Botond of Fidesz, Dóra Dúró, deputy chair of Our Homeland Movement and Zsuzsanna Döme, co-chair of the Hungarian Two-Tailed Dog Party.

András Jámbor and Szikra to campaign with Gergely Karácsony in February 2022 on Rákóczi Square