The parliamentary elections in Hungary became a historic event that marked the end of Viktor Orbán’s political era. For more than a decade and a half, he remained the central figure in Hungarian politics, while his party, Fidesz, controlled the government and shaped both the country’s domestic and foreign policy. For an entire generation of Hungarians, Orbán’s rule was the only political reality they had ever known.
For Hungarian society, these elections carried significance far beyond politics. They demonstrated that even after a prolonged period of one-party dominance, democratic institutions are still capable of functioning, and that citizens can determine their country’s future through the ballot box. For this reason, many view the results as the beginning of a new chapter in the modern history of Hungary.
