Centre-right, pro-European Union opposition leader Péter Magyar beat populist, right-wing Prime Minister Viktor Orbán in Hungary’s high stakes general election on Sunday.
Final results have yet to be posted but Magyar’s victory was confirmed when Orbán conceded defeat in an address to members of his populist Fidesz party just under three hours after polling closed on Sunday evening.
With roughly 60% of the votes counted, local media reported that Magyar’s centre-right Tisza party was on course to win 136 seats in Hungary’s 199-member parliament compared with 56 seats for Fidesz.
The victory ends the 16-year rule of Orbán, whose time in office has been marked by accusations of authoritarianism, corruption and suppression of press freedom, while his pro-Russia and anti-Ukraine stance has put him and his right-wing Fidesz party at odds with the European Union (EU).
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