{"id":450065,"date":"2026-04-13T11:30:21","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T09:30:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/2026\/04\/13\/budapest-volta-pagina-vittoria-schiacciante-di-peter-magyar-alle-elezioni-in-ungheria\/"},"modified":"2026-04-13T17:13:36","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T15:13:36","slug":"budapest-turns-a-new-page-peter-magyar-secures-a-landslide-victory-in-the-hungarian-elections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/2026\/04\/13\/budapest-turns-a-new-page-peter-magyar-secures-a-landslide-victory-in-the-hungarian-elections\/","title":{"rendered":"Budapest turns a new page: P\u00e9ter Magyar secures a landslide victory in the Hungarian elections"},"content":{"rendered":"

Brussels \u2013 “Today, the Hungarian people have said yes to Europe<\/strong>, they have said yes to a free Hungary.<\/strong>” About four hours had passed since the polls closed in the Hungarian elections<\/a> \u2014 held yesterday (April 12) \u2014 when, around 11 p.m., P\u00e9ter Magyar<\/a> chose to open his victory speech <\/a>with these words. Before him stood a crowd of supporters cheering him on to the tune of Frank Sinatra\u2019s “My Way.” With 98.9 percent of polling stations<\/strong> counted, the victory of the opposition<\/strong> over the government of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orb\u00e1n<\/strong>, and the end of a sixteen-year political era<\/strong> (Orb\u00e1n has led the country continuously since 2010), are now a certainty: TISZA<\/strong> \u2013 the center-right party led by Magyar \u2013 is set to win 138 of the 199 seats<\/strong> available in the Hungarian Parliament, while Fidesz<\/strong> \u2013 the far-right political party led by the outgoing head of government \u2013 is expected to secure 55 seats<\/strong>. A further 6 seats<\/strong> are likely to go to the Our Homeland Movement<\/strong>, an ethno-nationalist party situated to the right of Fidesz.<\/p>\n

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Thanks to a huge turnout<\/strong> (exceeding 78 percent<\/strong>, a record in the history of post-communist Hungary), with the highest figures recorded in precisely those urban areas traditionally most hostile to Orb\u00e1n, TISZA managed to surpass the crucial threshold of 133 seats<\/a> and thus secure at least two-thirds of the\u00a0Budapest legislative assembly. Achieving the so-called “super-majority”<\/strong> was one of the opposition\u2019s key objectives: thanks to these figures, Magyar will be able to amend the Constitution independently<\/strong>, thereby restoring the guarantees of the rule of law<\/strong> dismantled by the government over the past sixteen years and returning the country to a fully democratic system<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Despite TISZA\u2019s clear victory, some of the figures from this vote say a great deal about the heavy intervention Orb\u00e1n has carried out on Hungary\u2019s electoral system<\/a> to make it structurally favorable to his party. The most significant figure is that of the seats allocated via the proportional representation system: while in the majority system<\/strong> TISZA clearly prevails over Fidesz with 93 constituencies won to 13<\/strong> (the only victories secured by the ruling party are concentrated in the main north-eastern and north-western border counties), with the list vote<\/strong>, the party led by Magyar wins 45 seats<\/strong>, “only” three more than Fidesz, despite TISZA having secured 53.07 percent<\/strong> of the total vote and Fidesz having stopped at 38.43 percent<\/strong>. This asymmetry in the allocation<\/strong> of proportional seats is due precisely to the controversial electoral reforms that Orb\u00e1n has implemented over the years to increase his chances of re-election.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>This time, however, nothing could stop an opposition that was finally united after decades of division and, once Magyar\u2019s victory became clear,\u00a0the only remaining issue to be resolved was that of the outgoing prime minister\u2019s reaction<\/strong>. Fears of a Capitol Hill 2021-style scenario<\/strong>, with Orb\u00e1n determined to refuse to recognize the election result and initiate the orderly handover to Magyar, were widespread, especially following statements made by certain government officials while polling stations were still open. In a post on X<\/a>, for example, the government spokesperson, Zolt\u00e1n Kov\u00e1cs<\/strong>, had reported \u201ccontinuous reports of attempts at electoral fraud<\/strong> by TISZA.\u201d Following him was the Prime Minister\u2019s political director, Balasz Orb\u00e1n<\/a>, who claimed that opposition candidates were responsible for \u201cattempts to buy votes, intimidation, and aggressive behavior at polling stations, and instances of pressure being exerted on election officials.\u201d<\/p>\n

The head of government\u2019s conduct, on the other hand, has so far been in accordance with the Constitution<\/strong> and institutional practice. After Magyar announced on Facebook that he had received a phone call from his rival \u201cwho congratulated us on our victory,\u201d it was Orb\u00e1n\u00a0himself,<\/a>\u00a0at Fidesz headquarters, who described the election results as \u201cpainful for us, but clear,\u201d and acknowledged defeat<\/strong>. \u201cThe responsibility and opportunity to govern have not been granted to us, and we will serve our country from the opposition<\/strong>,\u201d he added, before concluding by recalling what had been \u201cdifficult and easy, good and bad years\u201d and stating that \u201cwe will never, ever, ever give up.\u201d<\/p>\n

With the risk of a disputed election averted, at least for the time being, Magyar addressed his supporters, mostly young students gathered around a stage set up along the banks of the Danube. “Together we have replaced Orb\u00e1n\u2019s regime<\/strong>, together we have liberated Hungary,\u201d exclaimed the leader of TISZA, celebrating a victory so resounding \u201cthat it can be seen from the Moon and from every window in Hungary.\u201d \u201cNever in our country\u2019s democratic history,\u201d he added, \u201chave so many people voted, and never has a party received such a resounding mandate.\u201d<\/p>\n

Magyar immediately sought to send a message to the country\u2019s main international partners,\u00a0particularly\u00a0the European Union<\/strong>. \u201cHungary will once again be a strong ally of the EU and NATO<\/strong>, because our country\u2019s place has been, is, and will be in Europe,\u201d declared Orb\u00e1n\u2019s former right-hand man, before announcing that his first two official visits<\/strong> would be to Poland<\/strong> (in order to mend relations between Budapest and Warsaw after years of strain caused by constant tensions between Orb\u00e1n<\/strong>\u00a0and Polish prime minister Donald Tusk)<\/a>) and to Brussels<\/strong>, with the aim of persuading the Union to begin releasing the funds earmarked for Hungary<\/strong> and frozen<\/a> due to Orb\u00e1n\u2019s violations of the rule of law.<\/p>\n

Finally, Magyar addressed his opponents directly. “Those who have defrauded our country will be held to account<\/strong>,” he warned, while also announcing the implementation of the package of anti-corruption measures<\/strong> on which he had based his entire election campaign. Magyar also cautioned Orb\u00e1n against adopting measures aimed at limiting his executive\u2019s room for maneuver, before asking the President of the Republic, Tam\u00e1s Sulyok<\/strong>, to entrust him with the task of forming a government as soon as possible and then to resign<\/strong>. The call for resignation was also extended to other prominent figures in Orb\u00e1n\u2019s “inner circle,” such as the President of the Supreme Court<\/strong> and the Attorney General,\u00a0<\/strong>described as “puppets” in the hands of the outgoing Prime Minister. \u201cToday, the Hungarian people have decided to change the regime, and those who are part of it must leave public life,\u201d Magyar remarked before leaving the stage.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the streets of Budapest continued to celebrate throughout the night, chanting “Ruzkik Haza!<\/strong>” (“Russians, go home”). In the name of that hope which the President of the European Parliament, Roberta Metsola<\/strong>, summed up as follows: “Hungary\u2019s place is at the heart of Europe.<\/strong>“<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

After 16 years of political dominance, Viktor Orb\u00e1n\u2019s era has come to an end. In an election with a record turnout (over 78 percent), the opposition won 138 seats, thereby surpassing the crucial two-thirds threshold required to amend the Constitution<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7899,"featured_media":450038,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"format":"standard","override":[{"template":"1","parallax":"1","fullscreen":"1","layout":"right-sidebar","sidebar":"default-sidebar","second_sidebar":"default-sidebar","sticky_sidebar":"1","share_position":"top","share_float_style":"share-monocrhome","show_featured":"1","show_post_meta":"1","show_post_author":"1","show_post_author_image":"1","show_post_date":"1","post_date_format":"default","post_date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","show_post_category":"1","show_post_reading_time":"0","post_reading_time_wpm":"300","post_calculate_word_method":"str_word_count","show_zoom_button":"0","zoom_button_out_step":"2","zoom_button_in_step":"3","show_post_tag":"1","show_prev_next_post":"1","show_popup_post":"1","show_comment_section":"1","number_popup_post":"1","show_author_box":"0","show_post_related":"1","show_inline_post_related":"0"}],"image_override":[{"single_post_thumbnail_size":"crop-500","single_post_gallery_size":"crop-500"}],"trending_post_position":"meta","trending_post_label":"Trending","sponsored_post_label":"Sponsored by","disable_ad":"0","subtitle":""},"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_override_counter":{"view_counter_number":"0","share_counter_number":"0","like_counter_number":"0","dislike_counter_number":"0"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[25681],"tags":[33657,27782,30669],"class_list":["post-450065","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","tag-elezioni-in-ungheria","tag-peter-hungarian","tag-viktor-orban-en-2"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/450065","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7899"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=450065"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/450065\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":450182,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/450065\/revisions\/450182"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/450038"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=450065"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=450065"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=450065"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}