Tisza Party Wins 53% of Vote in Hungarian Election

Voters in Hungary ousted Prime Minister Viktor Orban's government in an election on Sunday, with Peter Magyar's Tisza party winning 53 percent of the vote. The Tisza Party won a two-thirds majority in parliament, according to @ForeignAffairs reported.

Peter Magyar, a former Fidesz member, led the Tisza party to victory. Pro-democracy parties besides Tisza received less than two percent of the total vote in the election.

Viktor Orban served as Hungarian Prime Minister for 16 years. Orban governed Hungary with a supermajority in parliament for his entire period in power. Viktor Orban is the longest-serving prime minister in Europe.

Helmut Kohl served as German chancellor for consecutive years matching Orban’s tenure. In the 2010 election, Fidesz received 53 percent of the vote and earned a two-thirds majority in parliament.

Viktor Orban spoke to reporters in Budapest in April 2026, as captured in a photo by Lisi Niesner / Reuters. The article discussing these events was published on April 15, 2026.

Lorinc Redei is Associate Professor of Instruction at the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin. @ForeignAffairs reported that Orban’s defeat holds lessons for opposition parties in competitive authoritarian systems around the world, with Redei noting how the regime's strengths in rigging the electoral system and stoking polarization became its undoing.