Politics

Hungary's Orban ends 16-year rule in landslide defeat

With 97.35% of ballots counted, Magyar's Tisza party won 138 of 199 seats (53.6%). Orban's Fidesz secured 55 seats (37.8%). Turnout reached 77%, the highest since the end of communist rule.

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