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Celerity

(54,571 posts) Sun Apr 12, 2026, 04:11 PM 6 hrs ago

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 6 hrs ago OP

YES!!! niyad 6 hrs ago #1

K&R gademocrat7 6 hrs ago #2

With 97.74% counted, estimate is 138 for Tisza muriel_volestrangler 4 hrs ago #3

Yay! SheltieLover 3 hrs ago #4

This is a big deal Johnny2X2X 3 hrs ago #5

niyad

(132,843 posts)

1. YES!!!

Reply to Celerity (Original post)

Sun Apr 12, 2026, 04:18 PM

6 hrs ago

gademocrat7

(11,964 posts)

2. K&R

Reply to Celerity (Original post)

Sun Apr 12, 2026, 04:25 PM

6 hrs ago

Great news!

muriel_volestrangler

(106,298 posts)

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

Reply to Celerity (Original post)

Sun Apr 12, 2026, 06:04 PM

4 hrs ago

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.

SheltieLover

(80,973 posts)

4. Yay!

Reply to Celerity (Original post)

Sun Apr 12, 2026, 06:43 PM

3 hrs ago

Johnny2X2X

(24,287 posts)

5. This is a big deal

Reply to Celerity (Original post)

Sun Apr 12, 2026, 07:19 PM

3 hrs ago

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

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