Magyar ‘Cautiously Optimistic’ After Historic Hungary Election

Hungarian opposition leader Peter Magyar said he was “cautiously optimistic” about the outcome of an election that independent polls had indicated could end Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s 16-year rule.

Hungarians turned out in record numbers for the parliamentary ballot on Sunday, which has become a referendum on Orban’s increasingly authoritarian rule and a geopolitical flashpoint for Europe, Russia and the US. The results are expected in the course of the evening.