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While Viktor Orban's ruling Fidesz party won the most votes, its performance was very poor compared to recent European elections. Fidesz got 44.79% yesterday, compared to 52.56% in 2019 and 51.48% in 2014.
Tisza, a party led by former government insider Péter Magyar, took 29.6%, despite being a new movement without party resources or apparatus – and despite the fact that only a few months ago, almost no one had even heard of Magyar.
Magyar, who was once married to Orbán's former justice minister, became a sensation in Hungary after he began openly criticizing the government in February. His move followed the resignation of Hungary's president, Katalin Novák, after it emerged that she pardoned a man convicted of covering up a case of child sexual abuse.
A former diplomat, Magyar considered himself a centrist, mixing nationalist rhetoric with an anti-corruption platform and pledging to improve education and health care.
Before the election, he traveled across the country, visiting small towns that rarely get much attention from national political figures. And his social media savvy helped reach voters in a country where the opposition's access to traditional media is limited.
While Orbán's politics is based on an 'us versus them' approach, Magyar has taken a completely different tone, telling voters he wants to unite right-wing, left-wing and liberal Hungarians in a bid to challenge Orbán's position.
Sunday's results translate into 11 seats for Fidesz and 7 for Tisza. Only two other groups won seats: a coalition of social democrats and greens took 2 seats and a far-right party took 1 seat. The other parties, including the liberal Momentum, failed to win a single seat.
The Hungarian government, however, insisted they had a good day, with Orbán declaring victory. Asked whether Magyar's performance affects Orbán's position ahead of national elections in 2026, a senior Hungarian government official said "it's too early to say."
And asked if there are concerns within the Hungarian government about Magyar, the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said: " not really. He is more dangerous for the opposition at the moment than for the government ," they added./ TheGuardian
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