Polymarket Bets on Orban Loss Jump Further as Hungarians Vote

Peter Magyar speaks to members of the media outside a polling station during parliamentary elections, in Budapest on April 12.

Photographer: Akos Stiller/Bloomberg

Contracts on Polymarket for the likelihood of opposition leader Peter Magyar becoming the next prime minister of Hungary exceeded 80% for the first time as voting was under way in Sunday’s election.

With turnout data from the morning showing Hungary potentially on track for record participation, contracts for Orban to be the next premier one point fell as low as 18%.