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The opposition leader Péter Magyar and his party Tisza-Party Respect and Freedom won the parliamentary elections in Hungary this Sunday with 53.27% of the votes, according to partial results corresponding to 55.11% of the counted ballots, bringing an end to 16 years of uninterrupted government by Viktor Orbán, reported Europa Press.
With this data, Tisza would control 137 of the 199 seats in the Hungarian unicameral Parliament, exceeding the qualified majority of two-thirds—set at 133 seats—that would allow him to advance far-reaching constitutional reforms, overturn Orbán's laws, and ensure the independence of the judiciary, emphasized El País.
Fidesz-Hungarian Civic Union, Orbán's party, emerged as the second force with 38.08% of the votes and 55 seats, including those of its partner, the Christian Democratic People's Party.
The Nuestra Patria Movement obtained 6% and seven seats. No other party achieved parliamentary representation.
The event recorded a historic record participation of 79.01%, with 4,424,474 people who went to the polls.
In Budapest, the figure reached 82.19%, surpassing the previous high of 70.53% recorded in 2002, which had been considered the peak of the post-communist Hungarian era.
Hungary limited itself to posting "Thank you, Hungary" on social media after the first results were announced. The Tisza party informed shortly thereafter that Orbán had called him: "Prime Minister Viktor Orbán just congratulated us by phone on our victory."
Orbán appeared before his supporters and acknowledged the defeat unequivocally. "The results are painful for us, but clear: the responsibility to govern does not lie with us. I have congratulated the winning party."
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