Orbán concedes defeat and congratulates opposition leader Magyar on victory in Hungarian elections
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Péter Magyar's Tisza Party secures 136 seats in the Hungarian parliament. Viktor Orbán personally called the opposition leader to congratulate him on the result.
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán congratulated center-right candidate Péter Magyar on his election victory, UNN reports.
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Preliminary results, with 53.45% of votes counted, show that Magyar's Tisza party will win 136 seats in Hungary's 199-seat parliament, compared to 56 seats for Orbán's Fidesz party.
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Péter Magyar, the opposition leader, stated that Orbán congratulated his party on its "victory."
In a Facebook post, Magyar wrote: "Prime Minister Viktor Orbán congratulated us on our victory by phone."