Magyar’s centre-right Tisza party has won a two-thirds majority in Hungary’s parliamentary elections. Here’s why that matters for Hungary, Europe and the world.
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Peter Magyar, once a staunch loyalist of Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban, has ended his mentor’s 16-year rule after his Tisza party won Sunday’s parliamentary election by a landslide.
With votes in 97.35 percent of precincts counted early on Monday, Magyar’s centre-right party has secured 138 seats in the 199-seat parliament and 53.6 percent of the vote. Orban’s Christian nationalist Fidesz party won 55 seats with 37.8 percent of the votes, according to official results.
