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Apr 13, 2026

Hungary Election: Peter Magyar's Tisza Party Wins Landslide Victory Over Viktor Orban's Fidesz

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Peter Magyar's Tisza party has won a landslide victory in Hungary's parliamentary election, with 52.49% of the vote, defeating Viktor Orban's Fidesz party which secured 38.83%. This significant shift in power could impact Hungary's role in the European Union and its relations with Ukraine and Russia.

Hungary's longtime Prime Minister Viktor Orban has conceded defeat in the country's parliamentary election after partial official results showed Peter Magyar's Tisza party winning a landslide victory.

With 53.45% of precincts counted, Tisza stood at 52.49% and Orban's Fidesz at 38.83%. In a victory speech, Magyar said his voters had rewritten history, stating, 'Tonight, truth prevailed over lies. Today, we won because Hungarians didn’t ask what their homeland could do for them – they asked what they could do for their homeland.'

The partial count showed Tisza ahead in 95 of Hungary's 106 constituencies, with the party projected to win more than 130 mandates in the 199-seat parliament. This comfortable two-thirds majority could allow Tisza to amend Hungary's constitution.

Orban's defeat will have significant implications not only for Hungary but also for the European Union, Ukraine, and beyond. It may spell an end to Hungary's adversarial role inside the EU, possibly opening the way for a €90 billion ($105bn) loan to war-battered Ukraine, which was blocked by Orban.

Orban's exit could also mean the eventual release of EU funds to Hungary that the bloc had suspended due to what Brussels said was Orban's erosion of democratic standards. Additionally, it would deprive Russian President Vladimir Putin of his main ally in the EU and send shockwaves through Western right-wing circles.