Hungarian Leader Orban Concedes Loss in Landslide Election

Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban after receiving election results in Budapest on April 12.Photographer: Petr David Josek/AP Photo

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By Zoltan Simon

April 12, 2026 at 7:21 PM UTC

Updated on

April 12, 2026 at 7:29 PM UTC

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban conceded defeat to Peter Magyar in Sunday’s parliamentary election.

Magyar’s Tisza party was on course to win 68% of seats compared with 29% for Orban’s Fidesz, according to the Election Office in Budapest on Sunday with 46% of the votes counted.