All votes are counted: Tisza gained further seats over the last two days

HUNGARY - In Brief 18 Apr 2026 by Istvan Racz

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Vote-counting is now over. In the end, Tisza won 141 seats in parliament (70.9%), on 53.2% of the popular vote, whereas Fidesz has 52 seats (26.1%) on 38.6% of the popular vote. Mi Hazánk kept the remaining 6 seats in the National Assembly. This means that Tisza has a comfortable two-thirds majority, and an even stronger mandate than Fidesz has had so far, with 135 seats in the outgoing parliament.The result is still not final in the legal sense, because the window remains open for complaints. The legal deadline for the President to announce the final result in May 4, and the deadline for the new parliament to be convened for the first time is May 12. In practice, the first session of the new parliament is likely to be held between these two dates. Tisza head Mr. Magyar has indicated that he prefers to be approved and sworn in as prime minister at the very first session of the new parliament.There has been no sign whatsoever that the orderly transfer of power to Tisza would not happen for whatever reason. The validity of the election result has not been questioned, even though the head of Mi Hazánk appears to be unhappy that he has been expelled from Facebook after putting out an improper post earlier. The three parties of the new parliament held talks yesterday, on the new parliament's household matters. President Sulyok appears to be cooperative, although it remains unclear if he is willing to resign after the transfer of power, as Mr. Magyar is urging him to do.There are rumours that some oligarchs are leaving the country and also transferring assets abroad, whereas some others have made public statements that they would be willing to pay the new wealth tax on the r...