US EditionHungary Election: Jubilation in Budapest Will Be Felt in Europe but Leaves Moscow Cold
Magyar’s Tisza party is projected to win 138 of 199 parliamentary seats after voters backed his anti-corruption campaign and rejected Orbán’s 16-year rule.
- On Sunday, Hungarian voters ousted long-serving Prime Minister Viktor Orbán after 16 years in power, electing Péter Magyar in a decisive victory. The Opposition Tisza party is projected to win 138 of 199 parliamentary seats.
- Magyar, a former Fidesz insider who split from the party in 2024, built his campaign around corruption, health care, and public transport. He pledged to repair ties with the European Union and NATO after years of strain under Orbán.
- With more than 93% of ballots counted, Tisza held about 53% to Fidesz at 37%, winning 94 of 106 districts. Record turnout of nearly 80% marked the contest.
- Orbán conceded defeat shortly after polls closed, describing the result as "painful but unambiguous." Magyar declared, "Together we replaced the Orbán regime, together we liberated Hungary."
- The European Parliament previously accused Orbán of turning Hungary into a "hybrid regime of electoral autocracy." Orbán maintained close ties with Russian President Vladimir Putin and received endorsement from United States President Donald Trump.
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An enthusiastic crowd chanted “Europe, Europe,” as “We are the Champions” blasted through the streets nearby. Source: The Guardian Thousands flooded the streets as Hungary's opposition leader, Péter Magyar, declared victory after his Tisza party claimed a landslide win over Viktor Orbán's Fidesz party. The victory ends Orbán's 16-year rule and marks a significant shift for Hungary's relationship with the EU and Russia. Orbán was celebrated by co…
After sixteen years at the head of Hungary, Viktor Orbán leaves his place to his former ally Péter Magyar. At the head of the 12 April elections, the opposition party Tisza (Respect and Freedom) can take advantage of 138 of the 199 seats in the Hungarian Assembly, a large two-thirds majority leaving him free to undertake constitutional reforms. A severe score for the outgoing party, Fidesz de Viktor Orbán, who saves only 55 seats. As soon as he …
The wide victory of Conservative Péter Magyar in the legislative elections on Sunday 12 April marks the end of Viktor Orbán's imperial rule and the country's return to Europe.
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The Orbán era is over in HungaryIn the end, it wasn’t even close: Péter Magyar’s Tisza party stormed to victory in yesterday’s Hungarian election, ousting Prime Minister Viktor Orbán after 16 years in power. The result sparked scenes of jubilation on the streets of Budapest. Tisza is set to win 138 of Hungary’s 199 parliamentary seats, enough to enact constitutional changes like restoring the independence of the judiciary and ending the system o…
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