The opposition Tisza Party is on course to win a supermajority in Hungary’s high-stakes parliamentary election, projected to secure more than 135 seats in the 199-seat National Assembly with more than 60 per cent of the vote counted.
Speaking at the Fidesz–KDNP election results headquarters, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán congratulated the opposition, thanking both voters and activists for their support. The prime minister, who has led the country for the past 16 years, said that they will represent the more than 2.5 million voters who backed the party in the election.
‘We do not yet know what this outcome means for the fate of our country and our nation, nor what its deeper or broader significance is; only time will tell. Even from the opposition, we will continue to serve our country and the Hungarian nation,’ Orbán stressed.
Hungarian opposition leader Péter Magyar thanked the Hungarian people for their support in a post on his social media.
Voter turnout broke the national record set in 2002, when participation reached 73.5 per cent, with turnout standing at 77.8 per cent at the close of polls.
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