Hungary’s autocratic prime minister, Viktor Orban, won re-election to a fourth consecutive four-year term, owing to a rigged electoral system and a largely state-controlled media that made it impossible for the united opposition to reach many voters.
However, the scale of Orban’s victory shocked most observers. United for Hungary candidate Peter Marki-Zay lost the popular vote by 53 percent to 35 percent, giving Orban’s Fidesz Party yet another constitutional supermajority in parliament. It was a crushing defeat for the EU as well.
Perhaps the outcome could force Hungary’s opposition to consider the largely economic reasons why so many Hungarians vote for