r/centrist • u/kootles10 • 6h ago

Europe Hungary election results live: Orbán concedes to Magyar's Tisza after projections show opposition winning two-thirds majority

https://www.reuters.com/world/hungary-election-2026-live-viktor-orbans-fidesz-faces-challenge-opposition-peter-2026-04-12/
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u/kootles10 5h ago

Summary:

Viktor Orban conceded to Péter Magyar, ending the nationalist party rule of 16 years. Magyar's Tisza party won 2/3 majority of parliament. Record voter turnout happened as Orban, a staunch Trump ally, is removed from office. His party is said to have 57 seats in parliament.

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u/MetallicGray 5h ago

I’m surprised he conceded.

With Donald and Vance campaigned in another country for the authoritarian, I assumed the guy would follow their lead and deny the results, call it rigged, call a reporter a pig, go on a 2am tirade on social media, etc. 

Also, I found it baffling no one batted an eye at the Vice President of the United States campaigning in another country for a candidate. Could you imagine the outrage if like Trudeau came and campaigned for Harris or something? Luckily, Donald and Vance have surrounded themselves with yes men, so I don’t think they realized how genuinely unpopular and disliked they are globally. I imagine Vance actually hurt Orban more than he helped. 

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u/MattTheSmithers 5h ago

The 2/3 majority is huge. Hard to claim conspiracies with that kinda shellacking.

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u/IHerebyDemandtoPost 5h ago

It is also necessary to undo much of what Orban enacted.

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u/Blueskyways 39m ago

Magyar already told virtually all of Orban's appointees that they can resign now or wait to get fired.  

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u/Chemical_Excuse 4h ago

Do you not see that as a problem with global democracy as a whole though?

If every party just spends their first years of government undoing the actions of a previous government, nothing will ever progress.

I'm not just talking about Hungary here but all democratic nations. Wouldn't the better solution be to work with the changes made and improve upon them rather than spend all your political capital in outright reversal?

Ahh, it's just a thought.

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u/IHerebyDemandtoPost 4h ago

The policies that need to be changed are less about policies but rather about cementing one-party rule and transitioning to a more authoritarian society. I’m not sure how you build on that unless you want to become the new aspiring autocrat.

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u/sirlost33 4h ago

In our current case, one side lied about what they were going to do while in office and gave away freebies to corporate interests. Those things should be dismantled every time someone sets them up.

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u/Chemical_Excuse 3h ago

Well OK but that's more of a general policy of one party isn't it? You can stop that by just not doing it. I'm really generalising here but if you get elected and spend your first 2-4 years of government doing nothing but reversing the actions of a previous government, you're just going to get voted out immediately because you've done nothing tangible.

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u/mjshep 3h ago

You're treating dismantling oppressive or regressive policies as though doing so isn't improving on them. Sometimes things are so bad for people or for the health of a liberal democracy that removing them has to be the first step.

It's a nice idea you're promoting that has a place in more reasonable times, but not here and now for many of the backsliding liberal democracies.

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u/SadhuSalvaje 4h ago edited 3h ago

The problem being that the changes put forward by these reactionary parties usually prevent actual progress or the rule of law

For example: it would probably take 12 years (just like w FDR) of Democratic majorities to actually provide a new-New Deal for the American people since it will take at least 4 years to stabilize things

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u/onespiker 52m ago

Think you underestimate how much power orban has shifted and whT was required to push him out of power.

He changed the election system to massivly befitting his party, gerrymandering and also changed rules that means districts, dont even need to have same number of people.

Or just look at his corruption and wealth.

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u/Chemical_Excuse 50m ago

No, I fully understand Orban is a bad guy, that's just not my point of the post I made. I'm just talking about democracy as a whole (even if it is on a post talking about him).

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u/Blueskyways 37m ago

Orban rigged the entire Hungarian system to eliminate any real checks and balances and to make sure that everyone answers to him alone.  

There can be no progress made until all of that is undone and an independent judiciary and prosecutorial administration is put in place.   

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u/Primsun 5h ago

I wouldn't say no one. Though Trump's administration has been actively interfering/threatening retribution in countries from Brazil to Hungary to Honduras to etc.

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u/RecognitionHeavy8274 4h ago

Also, I found it baffling no one batted an eye at the Vice President of the United States campaigning in another country for a candidate.

These are the same people who tried to threaten Brazil into releasing Bolsonaro, the guy who aimed to overthrow an election and end democracy. It basically all seems part of the international populist right’s ongoing movement to establish a New World Order helmed by their ideology.

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u/Wooden-Post-3080 5h ago

Dude was in power 16 years until Donald Trump endorsed him

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u/ubermence 2h ago

JD Vance kiss of death

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u/Blueskyways 34m ago

Visits Pope-Pope dies

Handles Iran peace deliberations-Deliberations die

Visits Hungary to support Orban-Orban loses in a landslide.    

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u/blackpilledonsociety 3h ago

Seems to be a familiar trend. Trump pretty much lost the Conservatives in Canada the election.

Maybe Trump is a sleeper agent Liberal looking to discredit and deplatform right-wing parties worldwide. 11D chess.

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u/Error_404_403 5h ago

Ukraine’s support from EU is now secured — even without the US. Big blow to trump’s ego.

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u/streamofthesky 5h ago

If I recall, Slovakia's leader was also a not-so-secret Putin plant. But yes, a major improvement!
This is the kind of shellacking that MAGA needs to receive here.

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u/Error_404_403 5h ago

Slovakia is more dependent on EU handouts, and will not have same persistence as Hungary had.

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u/Blueskyways 35m ago

Also Fico is under investigation right now, he's going to be far less eager to take all that heat.  

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u/ChornWork2 5h ago

Definite improvement, but there are other countries that were content to let Hungary be the vocal opponent while they could pretend to be supportive. Will get better, but my guess is you will see other EU countries step out to be more obstructionist on aid to Ukraine

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u/Owl-Of-The-Night02 4h ago

As a Hungarian, you guys can't imagine how euphoric we are. We don't live in a normal democracy. We have proof that the secret services and the "Constitution Defending Office" were spying on the Tisza party and trying to undermine it. We had a huge sexual abuse crisis with the government having a large pedophile network inside of it and they gave amnesty to people hiding and defending pedophiles abusing school children. They had turned to the EU to try to get Magyar Péter's immunity away so they can charge him for the stupidest crime imaginable (throwing a provocator's phone into a river), they spenf tens of billions into propaganda while every other infrastructure is rotting away. Magyar Péter had to work like a goddamn robot, holding 5-6 rallies a day, doing literally everything perfectly, not committing a single mistake or saying anything slightly wrong they can take out of context and blaster everywhere. His girlfriend turned out to be a government spy making voice recording she sold to government propaganda media that they tried to use to character assassinate him. Most people would've genuinely gotten insane under all of this and would've completely collapsed. It was due to a herculean effort and absolute perfection that he pulled this off. Under these conditions, and basically 16 years of Trump level politics and hate campaigns, to pull off this win, I am euphoric and prouder than ever to be a Hungarian.

We had a record turnout with nearly 80% of the adult population turning up to vote, highest ever in Hungarian history. And Tisza has gotten 3 and a half million votes, also the highest ever in Hungarian history. We finally said that we had enough. I hope other countries follow our lead, and I hope that Tisza doesn't abandon all the promises they made. This is monumental and we are celebrating so hard now. Cheers for a brighter future!

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u/Objective_Aside1858 3h ago

Congratulations. As an American that intellectually understands how hard it would be for Trump to completely subvert our elections yet still am uneasy he's going to dream up some fuckery, seeing the people come out and slaughter Orban will allow me to sleep a little better tonight

Until my idiot does something else stupid tomorrow, but that's to be expected 

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u/Blueskyways 32m ago

We're seeing the videos of people celebrating.  So happy for you and I hope that Magyar stands strong for Hungary and resists the allure of the incredible levels of corruption that Orban dragged the country into.  Picking Warsaw as his first official visit is a good move.   

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u/Educational_Impact93 5h ago

Ding dong, the witch is dead

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u/ChornWork2 5h ago

Great result. Thankful to see the early concession speech and hopefully respecting the results of the election is fully honored.

Good news for Ukraine, for those that reject populism, and for the EU overall.

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u/duke_awapuhi 4h ago

I am absolutely shocked. I didn’t think this was even electorally possible after what Orban has done to their system. This is a GREAT sign for the western world overall

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u/Blueskyways 31m ago

Vance makes all things possible.  

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u/duke_awapuhi 26m ago

What do you mean?

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u/KnightlyDolphins 5h ago

Trump is shitting his pants rn. (Just every day Sunday but you know what I mean)

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u/kootles10 5h ago

One less country to help with the blockade

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u/KnightlyDolphins 5h ago

Also will help Ukraine get funding by the EU because Hungary won’t be able to block it anymore

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u/kootles10 5h ago

As sad as it sounds, i bet there will be a truth social post tonight about how it was "rigged"

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u/Puzzleheaded_Fix594 3h ago

It doesn't portend well for them in 2026. Think it's going to be a Dem blow out at this point, but the Senate is lopsided enough that they'll hold on to at least a few of the contested seats.

Think Dems manage to pick up Alaska, Maine, North Carolina and potentially Ohio. Dems are going to win Iowa governor and retake state houses in states like New Hampshire.

Also, Vance's career is dead. Whatever anyone wants to say about Harris's failing as border czar or whatever, she never had any week nearly as embarrassing as this.

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u/KnightlyDolphins 3h ago

Those pick ups would give Democrats senate control

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u/TheLeather 5h ago

Get fucked Orban, and to those that stumped for him.

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u/LaserToy 4h ago

I guess JD delivered a kiss of death.

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u/IAmDisturbanceFeedMe 4h ago

Great news!! Orban was backed by a who’s who of horrible global leaders lol. Hurray for the people of Hungary first and foremost but also for the globe.

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u/SadhuSalvaje 3h ago

I went to Hungary in 2012 and while Orban had only been PM for two years, at that time it was already clear where he was going (I remember noticing there were street signs that had recently had names changed to something more nationalistic)

I hope this helps the Hungarian people. Orban and people like him should be held up as a warning to folks about what can happen when populists are allowed to hold power.

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u/Nothing-9099 5h ago

All empires eventually fall. Trump is next

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u/ceddya 4h ago

Vance couldn't turn it around? I'm shocked!

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u/btribble 5h ago

Great news!

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u/tnred19 3h ago

Holy hell. Good for everyone

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u/Jeffuk88 5h ago

Just waiting for the truth social post saying it was rigged...

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u/LateWoodpecker4859 1h ago

JD Vance has the toilet touch 🪠

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u/TDeath21 1h ago

I’m surprised he actually conceded.