The current prime minister has already congratulated his rival, who was a former ally of his. Péter Magyar must be the winner. “Thank you, Hungary,” he wrote on Facebook. Official data confirms the victory of the opposition party Tisza
The polls have closed in Hungary, in what promises to be a fierce election that could end 16 years of Viktor Orbán’s government. The rival is Péter Magyar, a former ally of the Hungarian prime minister, now a rival, who represents the Tisza party.
As there are no exit polls, you will have to wait for the official count to understand what percentage of votes each candidate secured, as well as the distribution of seats in the Hungarian parliament.
The available data has so far placed Magyar’s party ahead. At 8pm in Lisbon, 37.04% of the votes had been counted. With this distribution, Tisza would obtain 132 seats, that is, a parliamentary majority.
After counting 45% of the votes, the party facing Orbán already had 135 seats, which corresponds to the two thirds needed for a qualified majority that would allow, for example, changes to the Constitution
Another fact that is already certain is that of an unprecedented mobilization in democracy in the country: more than 77% of Hungarian voters went to the polls, according to the latest data available.
Despite polls carried out in recent days showing him as the winner, opposition leader Péter Magyar said this Sunday that he was “cautiously optimistic” about the result.
At 8pm in Lisbon he wrote in “Thank you, Hungary”, adding that Viktor Orbán had already called him to congratulate him on the party’s victory. At the same time, the outgoing prime minister admitted defeat, saying at party headquarters that “the result is painful, but clear”.
The official results will arrive over the next few hours, allowing us to understand the outcome of this vote.
The Hungarian parliament is made up of 199 deputies.
Read the profile of Péter Magyar and Viktor Orbán.
