Péter Magyar’s centre-right Tisza party claimed 138 seats in Hungary’s 199-seat National Assembly on April 12, securing a two-thirds supermajority and ousting Orbán’s Fidesz, which fell to 55 seats amid 79.51 percent turnout—the highest in democratic history.

Orbán conceded the ‘painful’ defeat, congratulated Magyar, and pledged to serve from opposition after 14 years marked by media control, anti-migration policies, and EU clashes.

Magyar, a 45-year-old former Fidesz insider turned anti-corruption reformer, promised a free Hungary as a strong EU and NATO ally; European leaders like Ursula von der Leyen hailed the shift toward Europe