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Celerity

(54,729 posts) Sun Apr 12, 2026, 04:11 PM Apr 12

Great news from Hungary. With 81.49% of votes counted, Tisza is tracking to 137 seats, well over the key 2/3rds level.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2026/apr/12/hungary-election-latest-results-viktor-orban-peter-magyar-fidesz-tisza-russia-europe-live-news-updates

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Great news from Hungary. With 81.49% of votes counted, Tisza is tracking to 137 seats, well over the key 2/3rds level. (Original Post) Celerity Apr 12 OP

YES!!! niyad Apr 12 #1

K&R gademocrat7 Apr 12 #2

With 97.74% counted, estimate is 138 for Tisza muriel_volestrangler Apr 12 #3

Magyar's parliamentary majority in Hungary increases after final count muriel_volestrangler Apr 18 #6

Yay! SheltieLover Apr 12 #4

This is a big deal Johnny2X2X Apr 12 #5

niyad

(133,362 posts)

1. YES!!!

Reply to Celerity (Original post)

Sun Apr 12, 2026, 04:18 PM

Apr 12

gademocrat7

(11,990 posts)

2. K&R

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Sun Apr 12, 2026, 04:25 PM

Apr 12

Great news!

muriel_volestrangler

(106,422 posts)

3. With 97.74% counted, estimate is 138 for Tisza

Reply to Celerity (Original post)

Sun Apr 12, 2026, 06:04 PM

Apr 12

https://vtr.valasztas.hu/ogy2026 (in English, if you want!)

I believe that's without the votes at embassies and consulates, which are included on a future day. Whether they're in the 2.26%, I'm not sure; they're said to be heavily pro-Fidesz, but from the link on that page, their total turnout looks around 90,000, and I think they get rolled into the PR section, where 90,000 could only give a maximum of 2 seats more to Fidesz. So I reckon the 2/3 majority is safe.

muriel_volestrangler

(106,422 posts)

6. Magyar's parliamentary majority in Hungary increases after final count

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Sat Apr 18, 2026, 04:32 PM

Apr 18

BUDAPEST, April 18 (Reuters) - Hungarian election winner Peter Magyar's Tisza party has increased its parliamentary supermajority to 141 seats out of 199 after the processing of ‌postal, foreign mission, and transferred votes, the election office said on Saturday.
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A preliminary tally had put the number of Tisza lawmakers at 138, already exceeding the two-thirds majority Magyar needed to undo Orban's constitutional ‌overhaul and tackle corruption. The final count rose to 141 once all votes were tallied.

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/magyars-parliamentary-majority-hungary-increases-180709964.html

Not quite sure how that worked when Fidesz got 84% of the postal vote, but it's good - he's not at the mercy of losing the supermajority to defectors, deaths etc.

SheltieLover

(81,363 posts)

4. Yay!

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Sun Apr 12, 2026, 06:43 PM

Apr 12

Johnny2X2X

(24,347 posts)

5. This is a big deal

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Sun Apr 12, 2026, 07:19 PM

Apr 12

As Orbán had rigged things against his replacement that can only be undone with a super majority.

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