{"id":1347060,"date":"2026-04-12T23:00:57","date_gmt":"2026-04-12T20:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/?p=1347060"},"modified":"2026-06-07T11:28:49","modified_gmt":"2026-06-07T08:28:49","slug":"orb-n-concedes-defeat-congratulates-magyar-on-victory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/orb-n-concedes-defeat-congratulates-magyar-on-victory\/","title":{"rendered":"Orb\u00e1n Concedes Defeat, Congratulates Magyar on Victory"},"content":{"rendered":" <p>Prime Minister Viktor Orb\u00e1n on April 12 publicly acknowledged the defeat of his Fidesz party in the elections. Earlier, he had called and congratulated P\u00e9ter Magyar, leader of the opposition Tisza Party, on winning the parliamentary elections, <a href=\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/\">UATV English<\/a> reports.<\/p>\n   <p>According to Orb\u00e1n, the election results, although not final, are already clear and unambiguous.<\/p>\n    <blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cThe election results are painful for us, but definite. The responsibility and the opportunity to govern the country were not given to us. I congratulated the winning party. I thank all of you for your tremendous work,\u201d the Hungarian prime minister said at a post-election rally.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n   <p>It is noted that after 66% of the votes were counted, the Tisza Party could secure 137 seats in parliament, while Fidesz may receive 55.<\/p>\n   <p>As a reminder, on April 12 Hungarians determined the new composition of parliament.<\/p>\n   <p>The main contenders for the post of prime minister \u2014 incumbent head of government Viktor Orb\u00e1n and opposition leader P\u00e9ter Magyar \u2014 both visited polling stations and cast their votes.<\/p>\n   <p><strong>Read also:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/vote-counting-underway-in-hungary-who-is-leading\/\">Vote Counting Underway in Hungary: Who Is Leading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prime Minister Viktor Orb\u00e1n on April 12 publicly acknowledged the defeat of &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":1064419,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[51,49,36415,36422,50],"tags":[78,72941,76],"sources":[],"class_list":["post-1347060","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-europe-en","category-news-en","category-11473-news-en","category-11473-news-en-3","category-svit-en","tag-homepage-en","tag-election-watch","tag-glavnoe-en"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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