Orbán congratulates Magyar on his election victory

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Magyar: Orbán congratulates on election victory

The parliamentary election is not only triggering interest in Hungary. There are signs of record turnout for the 2026 Hungarian election. All developments in the news blog.

The election projections are now solidifying. After counting 77.45 percent of the votes, Tisza still has 138 seats, Fidesz 54 and Mi Hazánk seven.

A two-thirds majority for Tisza is becoming increasingly likely. After counting 72.44 percent of the votes, the party increased its number of seats to 138. The number of Fidesz MPs drops to 54.

Two thirds of the votes (66.69 percent) have now been counted and the lead for Magyar’s Tisza party continues to grow. Now she is credited with 137 votes, Fidesz would only have 55 MPs, and the right-wing extremist Mi Hazánk seven.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has admitted the defeat of his right-wing nationalist Fidesz party in the parliamentary elections. “The election results are clear, even if they are not yet final. For us they are painful, but clear,” Orbán told journalists on Sunday evening.

“We have not been entrusted with the responsibility and the opportunity to govern. I congratulated the victorious party,” said the right-wing nationalist head of government. His challenger Péter Magyar had already stated that Orbán had called him and congratulated him on his election victory.

“Whatever comes, we will also serve our homeland in the opposition,” Orbán told supporters in Budapest. “The task is clear: now that the burden of government work is no longer on our shoulders, we must strengthen our own community,” he added, referring to his supporters.

After 60.24 percent of the votes were counted, nothing changed in the distribution of seats compared to the previous projection. Tisza would still have a two-thirds majority with 136 seats.

According to Péter Magyar, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has already called him and congratulated him on his election success.

Over half (53.45 percent) of the votes have now been counted. The trend continues to favor Péter Magyar’s Tisza party. It would now have 136 seats. The ruling party Fidesz has 56 seats.

Now that 45.71 percent of the votes have been counted, Tisza currently has 135 seats, two more than the required two-thirds majority. Viktor Orbán’s Fidesz party would get 57 seats.

The counting continues. 37.04 percent of the votes have now been counted. However, nothing has changed in the distribution of seats. Tisza would still have 132 seats, Fidesz would have 59 and the right-wing extremist Mi Hazánk would have eight seats.