Viktor Orban is Defeated in Hungary’s Election by Peter Magyar

What Happened?

On Sunday, long-time Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban was ousted by newcomer Peter Magyar in Hungary’s national elections. Mr. Orban conceded defeat to Mr. Magyar, the latter of which won a landslide victory against the sixteen-year incumbent. Mr. Magyar won over two-thirds of the vote in Hungary despite a last-minute visit by U.S. Vice-President J.D. Vance, who campaigned for Mr. Orban.

Viktor Orban was first elected in 2010, when he also won a two-thirds majority of the vote. Under Hungary’s Constitution, a two-thirds majority in the national parliament is enough to alter the constitution if the majority decides to do so. 

Why it Matters

Conservative commentators in the U.S. had long hailed Mr. Orban as a champion of western civilization, even though he had his own agenda, which was far removed from any variety of American politics.

Mr. Orban rose to power by criticizing and vowing to take on the European Union (EU), and by promising to fight against corruption. Mr. Orban was defeated because he had become the leading source of corruption in Hungarian politics, despite his initial pledges to fight it. 

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When Mr. Orban won in 2010 with a two-thirds majority, he used his newfound power to alter Hungary’s constitution and to impose sweeping changes to the nation’s laws. Most of those changes benefited Mr. Orban and his political allies. For example, media outlets were prohibited from airing any ads run by the opposition party, and legislative districts were redrawn so that the opposition had fewer seats in parliament. 

In addition, educational institutions were prohibited from teaching content deemed unpatriotic by Mr. Orban. And ownership of both media and educational institutions, including universities, was transferred to Orban loyalists, who became wealthy on government contracts and preferential treatment. Businesses that publicly proclaimed loyalty to the Orban government were shielded from prosecution, and political opponents of the regime were threatened with legal action or arrested if they didn’t change their political beliefs or keep quiet. 

Dissent against the Orban government was punished, and loyalty was rewarded with special treatment by the judiciary, which was packed with Orban loyalists. The practical effect of Orban’s actions was to consolidate power and to enrich a small number of wealthy oligarchs, while the overall economy of Hungary suffered and the individual freedoms of average people were decimated. Under Orban’s leadership, Hungary became the most corrupt and least free country in Europe according to Freedom House. 

How it Affects You

Because he became a practitioner of corruption rather than a fighter of it, Mr. Orban’s popularity in Hungary had been plummeting for years. For those he helped enrich or gain power, his popularity remained, but that was a minority of the country’s citizens. The EU can be an overbearing and inefficient bureaucracy, but Mr. Orban’s own corruption eventually destroyed his reputation as a reformer and an EU opponent.

Mr. Orban had been a longtime darling of the political right in the U.S., and his defeat could foreshadow more problems ahead for American conservatives as the 2026 mid-term elections draw near. 

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