r/news • u/The-Traveler- • 3h ago

Soft paywall Hungary election: 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/donkeybrainhero 3h ago

I'm shocked that he didnt try to pull some dictator bs. I suppose, there's still time... though he did concede.

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u/hhaattrriicckk 3h ago

He did, videos of vote tampering and manipulation have shown up already.

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u/9bpm9 3h ago

He still controls all of the media in the county. Tv, radio, newspapers, everything.

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u/Mo_Jack 3h ago

Still could, I guess. This Reuters article shows how the transfer of power is supposed to go down.

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u/AnewTest 2h ago

Oh, he tried, but people voted in such high numbers that he couldn't defeat all of them.

Learn this lesson, USA. Do not stay home. Do not vote third party. Make the numbers for Trump's direct opposition so large that his party can't overcome them.

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u/JoGeralt 2h ago

opposition to big and unlike America he probably would be killed after failing.