Hungarian citizens vote at a polling station located in a school of the 12th district in Budapest on April 12, 2026. ATTILA KISBENEDEK / AFP
Hungarians voted on Sunday, April 12, in closely watched parliamentary elections that could end nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orban's 16-year stint in power as a self-described "thorn" in the EU's side.
US President Donald Trump has thrown his weight behind the EU's current longest-serving leader, who maintains close ties to Russia. The vote is being closely followed abroad, particularly across the rest of Europe.
Opinion polls suggest the Tisza party of pro-European conservative Peter Magyar, who has promised a "system change," is running well ahead of Orban's.
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