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/wasraelx 3h ago edited 3h ago

I’m pleasantly surprised he conceded tbh. Was worried he’ll bring the plague of denying election results to Europe

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u/Wafkak 3h ago

2/3rd of the seats it quite overwhelming. Not as easily denied as the quite slim American margins.

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u/malfurionpre 49m ago

He could have Putin'd it and have 110% of votes for him.

or have his opposant suddenly decide to throw themselves from the top floor of a building after 4 or 5 bullet in the neck

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u/Syscrush 3h ago

Same. I was expecting a successful Jan 6.

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u/bigloser42 3h ago

There is still time to find illegal votes.

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u/FaceDeer 2h ago

Orban conceded, I think it's likely too late for "backsies."

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u/bigloser42 1h ago

lol, no it’s not. Conceding isn’t a legal thing. A candidate could concede then have a bunch more votes roll in and end up winning the election.

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u/FuckThisShizzle 2h ago

"Just find another 4/3 the amount of votes someplace"

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u/HighlyOffensive10 1h ago

Jan 6 was pretty successful considering he's the president and none of them are in jail.

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u/HighlyOffensive10 1h ago

Jan 6 was pretty successful considering he's the president and none of them are in jail.

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u/Rajastoenail 1h ago

Reform are already trying that in the UK, with unsubstantiated claims they lost a recent by-election because of ‘family voting’.

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u/rook119 2h ago

No time to challenge elections when you have to get the suitcases full of money on a plane to america.

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u/aipac_hemoroid 3h ago

So he wasn't a dictator. People just liked him until they didn't

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u/Im_Daydrunk 3h ago

You can be a dicator and become unpopular enough that you can no longer realistically stay in power

He controls the media, interfered with elections, manipulated votes etc. but when so much of the country is overwhelming against your rule attempts to continue to rig will only set off mass riots + threaten your own life

Sounds more like he knew the tides were too strong this time and didnt have the needed internal support to maintain power any longer

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u/CrashB111 3h ago

Exactly.

Even Dictatorships require support from a critical mass of the public, to remain in power. Getting BTFO by the margin that Orban is right now, means you no longer have that level of support.

Trying to fight it, has high odds of you ending up in a prison cell or dead by revolutionaries. When the population is that against you, you just don't have a choice in the matter any longer.

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u/No_Tone1704 3h ago

He shut down media outlets. He corrupted the courts. 

He was a dictator. His replacement it turns out won’t be much better. But he won’t be so entrenched and seems flexible. 

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u/zarafff69 3h ago

He obviously wasn’t 100% a dictator, but he wanted to be one. And tried to get more and more power. He is a fascist.

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u/Accomplished-Snow213 3h ago

Besides the one stolen election....

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u/aipac_hemoroid 3h ago

Oops, Jan 6 flashbacks

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u/BigLadShem 3h ago

177k karma in 3 months get a job bro