Hungary elections live: Trump ally Orban ousted after 16 years as Magyar wins by landslide

Liveupdated{"lang":"en","timestamp":1776054962}NewsWorldEuropeHungary elections live: Trump ally Orban ousted after 16 years as Magyar wins by landslidePeter Magya vows to rebuild ties with EU and restore ‘the ‌system of checks and balances’Nicole Wootton-Cane, Alex Croft & Alisha Rahaman SarkarMonday 13 April 2026 05:36 BSTBookmarkCommentsGo to commentsBookmark popoverRemoved from bookmarksClose popover{"translations":{"comments":"Go to comments","share":"Share","copyLink":"Copy link","bookmark":"Bookmark","removeBookmark":"Remove bookmark"},"showComments":true,"showBookmark":true,"articleId":"b2956329","articleMeta":{"url":"https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/hungary-elections-2026-live-results-orban-magyar-b2956329.html","title":"Hungary elections live: Orban ousted after 16 years as Magyar wins by landslide"}}CloseViktor Orbán loses Hungary election after 16 years in power as Péter Magyar supporters react to winOn The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondentsGet a weekly dispatch from our international correspondentsGet a weekly international news dispatchEmail*SIGN UPI would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our Privacy notice{"className":"sc-1ge0fwe-0","newsletterData":{"regSourceNewsletter":"IND_On_The_Ground_Newsletter","regTitle":"On The Ground","subscriptionGroup":"on_the_ground","subscriptionGroupId":"14806361-6435-4d19-b06e-05326605fb01","pathPrefix":["/news/world/europe","/news/world/middle-east","/news/world/australasia","/news/world/africa","/asia"],"associatedAuthors":["Bel Trew","Sam Kiley"],"title":"On The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents","mobileTitle":"Get a weekly international news dispatch","lengthenedMobileTitle":"Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents","imageSrc":"https://static.independent.co.uk/static-assets/images/newsletters/onTheGround1_1.png","newsletterKey":"receiveOnTheGround...