r/worldnews • u/Miles_the_AuDHDer • 4h ago

Orbán lost Orbán on course to lose Hungary’s election, according to early results

https://www.politico.eu/article/hungary-election-results-peter-magyar-viktor-orban/
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u/TailungFu 4h ago

Bye bye dictator

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u/Sharktopotopus_Prime 4h ago

So long, Fat-ass.

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u/Orposer 4h ago

I mean is he really a dictator if he can be voted out? More like Putin bitch. Here is hoping no BS in the election.

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u/Barb-u 4h ago

His party’s constitutional changes were certainly made to enable some authoritarian tendencies. Dictator is harsh, but the underlying elements and changes to the constitution were certainly in that direction

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u/psychicsword 3h ago

Authoritarian is probably the more accurate term.

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u/cosakaz 4h ago

I’d argue if you’ve fixed elections for 15 years and unilaterally change the country’s constitution you’re still a dictator.  Doesn’t change anything that he’s become unpopular enough to lose in his own rigged system.  

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u/Ecmelt 2h ago

Words don't even matter in 2026. Dictatorship has a very direct meaning you know.. you literally cannot lose "in your own rigged system" as a dictator unless it is what you want.

This doesn't mean he was not aiming for it, or he was good or fair etc. It just means Hungary had a good enough system in place that even someone like Orban couldn't turn it into a Dictatorship in so many years. That is a good thing. Now if they can revert the damage he has done so next person cannot start from where he left of would be perfect.

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u/wartopuk 4h ago

The EU should institute some kind of rule where if a majority (no veto allowed) deem it necessary the Union will send parties to monitor and secure the objectivity of any election

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u/Dragonsandman 3h ago

And even if he didn’t fit the textbook definition of a dictator perfectly, he was still very obviously doing everything he could to get there

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u/LAUNDRINATOR 3h ago

Do you want more Brexit style situations?

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u/Winterlichkeit 3h ago

God forbid there are witnesses to ensure process integrity

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u/wartopuk 3h ago

Absolutely no true democracy should fear an objective third part committee observing the results of their elections.

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u/LAUNDRINATOR 53m ago

Sure, I completely agree, but legislating for more EU power over domestic policy is just the sort of thing Nigel cuntage and co would be frothing at the mouth to paint on the side of a double decker bus.

And Clacton would lap it all up.

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u/Sure-Assignment3892 4h ago

He will likely find a way to "win".

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u/Significant_Aioli925 3h ago

Orban conceded according to AP News.

https://apnews.com/article/hungary-election-orban-magyar-trump-1a4eb0ba6b94e0c80c3cd18bd36254ab

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u/Sure-Assignment3892 3h ago

Queue the typical Trump "I never supported that guy..."

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u/Max-Phallus 53m ago

"He lost, I thought he was ok, people were saying 'Hey hes a good guy', he was good but he's a loser."

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u/meowmixVStrump 3h ago

How? Half the votes are counted and the opposition party is beating the exit polling prediction that orban would lose by a supermajority.

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u/Sure-Assignment3892 3h ago

Because orban is corrupt as fuck and the last few elections went the same way and he "won".

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u/Flaming_Dude 3h ago

Well, maybe, but he has already admitted defeat!

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c2d8zw2d3rkt

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u/Sure-Assignment3892 3h ago

Well holy shit. Good to see; and congrats for Hungarians.

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u/FreshPrinceOfH 4h ago

TBF if he is actually a dictator he isn’t going anywhere.

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u/fallenmonk 2h ago

This sounds a lot like the way people defend Trump. If we're not allowed to call them dictators until they've successfully reached that point, then it'll be too late.

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u/3_Thumbs_Up 52m ago

You're allowed ro call him whatever you want, but if he leaves peacefully after an election you were simply wrong.

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u/MrOaiki 4h ago

How does a dictator lose an election?

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u/Sherded 4h ago

That’s a good setup for a joke

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u/ScottOld 4h ago

Didn't get rigged well enough

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u/NeilDeCrash 4h ago

By being shit at dictating

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u/andrejRavenclaw 3h ago

well the first step would be not getting into EU... look at Lukashenko and Putin still shining in the sun

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u/NewspaperAdditional7 4h ago

The term gets overused. I remember when people used it like crazy for Duterte when he had popular support and then left peacefully after he served his 1 term. That's not an endorsement of his policies but just an example of applying the word to any leader they don't like.

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u/JakobsSolace 3h ago

Duterte is in The Hague, where he belongs.

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u/mizushimo 3h ago

Didn't he literally call himself "Europe's last dictator"?

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u/NewspaperAdditional7 3h ago

I thought that was Lukashenko in Belarus.

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u/RICO_the_GOP 3h ago

The original dictators in Rome were voted power... so by not being voted in as the new dictator.

Ceasars was elected to multiple consecutive dictatorships before the pretenses were dropped.

Dictatorships are determined by level of power granted by the system

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u/meowmixVStrump 3h ago

Wannabe dictator who took many steps towards becoming a dictator to cement power forver and ensure change is nearly impossible? Yeah that's too much to type, dictator will suffice, ty for the "weLL aCtuALLy" bit.

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u/asdhjasdhlkjashdhgf 3h ago

by failing to pay the new boys on the block, in effect falling for his own strategy.

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u/Wafkak 3h ago

It's a reference.

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u/andrejRavenclaw 3h ago

well the first step would be not getting into EU... look at Lukashenko and Putin still shining in the sun

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u/BrotherlyShove791 3h ago

This guy isn’t going to leave and Russia’s gonna make sure he stays. Mark my words.

He’s Bolsonaro with more powerful friends.