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News & Current Events Apr 12, 2026 at 1:38 AM

Hungarians decide whether to end 16 years of Orbán rule and elect rival

Posted by GothicPrayer

Hungarians vote in record numbers on whether to end Orbán rule and elect Magyar
www.bbc.com
Hungarians vote in record numbers on whether to end Orbán rule and elect Magyar
Most polls favour Péter Magyar, who fronts a grassroots party, but the record turnout for any Hungarian election does not necessarily favour either party.
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JaZepi Apr 12, 2026 +484
Hopefully the Trump kiss of death has the same effect as it did on Canada’s federal election. Edit: post election, haha, it did.
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TylerBourbon Apr 12, 2026 +147
It's Trumps Kiss of Death vs Putins Election Rigging
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Kaffe-Mumriken Apr 12, 2026 +11
Or th pope
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UsedToHaveThisName Apr 12, 2026 +61
The collapse in the last federal election for Poilievre is right up there with the Toronto Maple Leafs in the playoffs.
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PR055 Apr 12, 2026 +3
Like an 18-wheeler right off a cliff...or just a bunch of them clogging the streets in downtown Ottawa
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BadFootyTakes Apr 12, 2026 +2
That's what happens with populists. You all then their plan, they say anything but Trudeau, you remind them he's gone and was replaced with a moderate, and then boom. They have literally nothing.
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CyanConatus Apr 12, 2026 +1
I'm more right leaning than most Listnookors but I'm happy with Carney. Trudeau to me it felt like he sorta abandoned Western Canada. Carney at least seems to include everyone in his policies
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Cynical_Classicist Apr 12, 2026 +26
Or Australia.
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Bromlife Apr 12, 2026 +48
Trump's kiss of death in Australia didn't just lose the conservative party the election, it blew them up completely and sent their idiots scattering.
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OnionsoftheBelt Apr 12, 2026 +14
Every now and then if I'm feeling blue, I grab a couple of beers and watch highlights from that election coverage. Seeing the light go out from the coalition's eyes as they realise how monumental their f*** up was is so satisfying. 
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Bromlife Apr 12, 2026 +6
The best bit was when the right wing newscasters couldn’t stay positive anymore.
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MaRokyGalaxy Apr 12, 2026 +2
Can you send anything? I'm unfamiliar with Australian elections but this sounds interesting.
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Cynical_Classicist Apr 12, 2026 +18
I know that in Australia and Canada the far-right leader lost their seat.
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Diarmundy Apr 12, 2026 -7
Australia never had a right wing in power. We had a centre slightly left vs centre slightly right 
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mr_birkenblatt Apr 12, 2026 +4
Trump should endorse himself
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Dzotshen Apr 12, 2026 +5
The Mierdas Touch. Hope it works. It does in the states like a charm
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Ptarmigan-5057 Apr 12, 2026 +2
right on cue. good call
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solid_reign Apr 12, 2026 +1
Canada is the US neighbor and by far its most important economic partner.
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IMAWNIT Apr 12, 2026 -9
He did endorse Carney near the end of election campaign
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Michael-Sean Apr 12, 2026 +474
Both Trump and Vance vouched for him. He’s toast.
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BadmiralHarryKim Apr 12, 2026 +190
Vance killed the last Pope so at least he's confining himself to political careers now. Baby steps.
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__Yakovlev__ Apr 12, 2026 +16
At least he's also working very hard on killing his own political career 
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JerHat Apr 12, 2026 +39
I can’t imagine associating with Trump or Vance is a positive at the moment. But I have no idea about the politics of Hungary other than… please get rid of that d*****.
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draggingonfeetofclay Apr 12, 2026 +20
I mean they have plenty of people who are pro Orban, otherwise he wouldn't have been voted in in the first place. The interesting thing about Orban's opponent is that, according to he article, he's not just some leftist, but came from Orban's own political party. So basically if Republicans who opposed Trump decided to create a new conservative party because they think he's gone too far. The journalists writing about this election in the article credit him a real chance based on the fact that he's not the expected leftist opposition, but someone who simply believes it's not in Hungary's interest to be so close to Russia.
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queen-adreena Apr 12, 2026 +5
I'm hoping for a last-minute Liz Truss endorsement!
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LumiereGatsby Apr 12, 2026 +2
Fix is in.
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BeeFrier Apr 12, 2026 +5
They even try to bribe them, with financial support.
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MaybeTheDoctor Apr 12, 2026 +1
[Up to 8%](https://hungarytoday.hu/election-2026-final-results-will-not-be-known-until-saturday-following-the-vote/) of votes are expected to be from overseas mail in votes which will not be counted until 4 days after the election. This means that opposition have to win over 60% of tonight’s votes for it to be a slam dunk loss.
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solid_reign Apr 12, 2026 +1
In many countries overseas votes tend to look for change, and be more liberal. But I don't know enough about Hungary to know if that is the case.
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szucsgod Apr 12, 2026 +192
We gonna kick him out to moscow
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Sethmeisterg Apr 12, 2026 +40
Godspeed!
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o_julep Apr 12, 2026 +112
Canadian here, hope the people of Hungary reclaim their country ❤️ Every day people againts oligarchy 👊🤟
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Capt_morgan72 Apr 12, 2026 +45
Consecutive* rule right? He’s been the leader of Hungary for 20 years right?
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Tezmo4 Apr 12, 2026 +18
16 consecutive yes, but THAT is what they're (hopefully) ending. The fact he served a term before that (btw, while literally being on the opposite side of the political spectrum) has very little to do with ending his 16 years reign. They can't end 20 years, because the first term ended and another government was in between.
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TruthOk8742 Apr 12, 2026 +43
Orban is in real danger, but with how tilted their election system is, his defeat isn’t a given, unfortunately.
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gradinaruvasile Apr 12, 2026 +22
Maybe they will get defeated but retain close to 45-50% so they can deadlock any attempt to change anything. Only way for the newcomers to really have the power to clean up is they having 75% seats (which is not really 75% votes because of their doctored election system - and it works against them since it was adjusted by Orban’s party). Anyways the actual democracy in Hungary is really thin because of the 16 year unchecked Fidesz reign with 75% majority that allowed them to change constitution and any rules they could and practically dismantled the opposition parties. And now the challenger is still a single party. Democracy needs more parties to compromise thus enacting checks and balances.
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queen-adreena Apr 12, 2026 +14
This is a growing problem with democracies lately. Conservatives are so rampant of blowing up the system, stacking the odds in their favour, destroying institutions and decimating services that even when left/centre parties do get elected, they have to spend all their energy, political capital and time just trying to undo that damage. Then things don't turn around instantly and the people elect the grifters to rinse and repeat.
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im_thatoneguy Apr 12, 2026 +5
“At least the arsonist did something! What has the mayor done to solve my housing problem?! The arsonist is promising to burn down more houses which he says will make space for new construction.”
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solid_reign Apr 12, 2026 -1
This isn't a conservative liberal issue, it's a power and politics issue.
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Lanky-Chance-3156 Apr 12, 2026 +10
I mean just not actively vetoing everything the eu tries to do is some progress.
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Pajszerkezu_Joe Apr 12, 2026 +4
About the tilted system: last time in 2022, Orban got the 68% (2/3) majority of seats with 54% of the votes. Time for rename advanced gerrymandering to orbanning.
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TruthOk8742 Apr 12, 2026 +2
Honestly, that’s truly insane.
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Pajszerkezu_Joe Apr 12, 2026 +3
Even better, in 2014 and 2018 they got 67% seats both times with 45% and 49% of votes respectively. Felt like a bad joke every time.
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StrangerFew2424 Apr 12, 2026 +31
Hopefully, Putin's puppet loses in a landslide... 🤞🙏
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UbiSububi8 Apr 12, 2026 +39
Saw a couple of dozen Hungarians lined up at the consulate in NYC today to vote.
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Mikadomea Apr 12, 2026 +10
I have many hungarians at work at where i live, they all said they need to Vote even if they arent "there", but Orban needs to go.
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Few-Button6004 Apr 12, 2026 +106
Hungary for change
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Rich_Fisherman_8444 Apr 12, 2026 +24
Winning slogan
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BertoC1 Apr 12, 2026 +32
If Orban wins its time for EU to finally start thinking about kicking Hungary out, whatever the cost.
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Nerevarine91 Apr 12, 2026 +13
NATO as well
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MWH1980 Apr 12, 2026 +14
Well Hungary, time to prove if you can be smarterer than the United States.
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Cynical_Classicist Apr 12, 2026 +11
God I'm worried about this. I hope there's a backlash against the far-right.
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MadTube Apr 12, 2026 +1
It appears there was. Get fucked, right wingers.
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Intro-Nimbus Apr 12, 2026 +9
I'm rooting for you people of Hungary.
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betonbokor Apr 12, 2026 +12
Thank you! There is overwhelming participation (they expect over 80% turnout) so there is hope. We had enough of this shit.
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kosmokramr Apr 12, 2026 +74
Get this guy the hell out of power for Ukraine’s sake
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asdhjasdhlkjashdhgf Apr 12, 2026 +120
actually for Hungary's sake, which implicit helps Ukraine.
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Pjpjpjpjpj Apr 12, 2026 +46
For Hungary’s sake, for Ukraine’s sake, for the EU’s sake, and to piss off Trump and Putin. 
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VladimiroPudding Apr 12, 2026 +10
Likely Putin will concentrate his efforts on Fico instead from now on.
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drunkenbrawler Apr 12, 2026 +5
There's always a new turd to polish.
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Bruvvimir Apr 12, 2026 +7
Such a significant election for Hungary, and Europe. Hope sanity (and peace) prevail.
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MareC0gnitum Apr 12, 2026 +5
I will cry so hard if this nightmare finally ends. We must take our country back.
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mimiringo Apr 12, 2026 +6
Do we really believe that he will simply leave without causing any problems or declaring the election invalid?
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VixensPoppies Apr 12, 2026 +3
Let’s hope they kick that Orban to the curb
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Ser_Daniel_The_1st Apr 12, 2026 +3
I really wanna see the guy called “Magyar” win because that’s another word for Hungarian if I’m not mistaken which I find ENDLESSLY hilarious.
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natzo Apr 12, 2026 +5
I wonder how Orban is going to try to steal the election.
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Elusive_Zergling Apr 12, 2026 +2
This will be a major blow to russia and the USA if Orban gets ousted, clearly he's there to act as a virus to Ukraine and the EU, and Hungary itself (unless what I hear from residents is incorrect). Hopefully we'll have some good news when the results come in - this time next week?.
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LostDreams44 Apr 12, 2026 +2
Doubt it's going to happen. You can't kick a dictator that easily. He'll pull some shit like staging a coup thanks to his buddy Putin help or some shit like that
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Plekuz Apr 12, 2026 +2
With all the gerrymandering and voting rules bending, he is able to lose big on actual votes, but still win the elections. I fear he won't be going anywhere.
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Uberslaughter Apr 12, 2026 +2
Good! Congrats to the people of Hungary for overthrowing Putin’s puppet.
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mesmerooo Apr 12, 2026 +33
too early for the congrats, bruh
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Full_Result_3101 Apr 12, 2026 +6
It hasn't happened yet, Its going to be rigged and Orbán will win in a massive landslide. Orbán quote from the article: "We are going to achieve such a victory that will surprise everyone, perhaps even ourselves," he told several thousand supporters in a small square on Budapest's Castle Hill."
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Lonely_Ad1716 Apr 12, 2026 +1
The toadmeister
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DreamsAndSchemes Apr 12, 2026 +1
If the opposition wins what’s the bet with little green men suddenly being on vacation in Budapest
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Readybreak Apr 12, 2026 +7
It's been the same leader for 16+ years. If you dont know by now. This random listnook thread won't make you decide.
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