The opposition party "Tisa" won the Hungarian elections, winning 138 of the 199 seats in the National Assembly (the unicameral parliament). According to the National Electoral Bureau, it will have a constitutional majority in the country's highest legislative body for the next four years.
The leader of "Tisa" Péter Magyar, an MEP, will be elected prime minister at the first session of the parliament, which will be held in early May. The exact date will be set by Hungarian President Tamás Sujok.
Magyar will replace Viktor Orban, who leads The right-wing conservative Fidesz - Hungarian Civic Union party led the government. Together with its smaller partner, the Christian Democratic People's Party, Orbán won 55 seats in parliament.
The far-right Our Homeland party, led by László Toroskai, won six seats. Other parties, including the Democratic Coalition and the parody Two-Tailed Dog Party, failed to pass the 5% threshold to enter parliament.
The National Election Bureau published the results after counting 98.63% of the votes cast. Experts said that checking the remaining ballots would not matter.
The voter turnout was 79.51% - a record high in Hungarian history. More than 5.9 million people voted people.
The elections were held peacefully and were declared valid. Isolated violations at polling stations could not have affected the results. No party expressed any intention to challenge the results of the vote. The elections were attended by a large group of international observers from the national central election commissions, the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, and non-governmental organizations.