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Orbán era ends: Tisza lands supermajority with 53.6%

Hungary's April 12 election saw Péter Márki-Zay's Tisza party capture 53.6% (138 of 199 seats), crushing Orbán's Fidesz at 37.8% (55 seats). Turnout of 79.6% marks the highest since 1990—a historic moment of single-party constitutional control (2/3 supermajority). Trump's Eastern European bulwark crumbles as EU discussions resume on unfreezing €3 billion in delayed funding.

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