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Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has conceded defeat after 16 years in power, as Peter Magyar's center-right Tisza Party won a projected supermajority in parliament. The election is framed as a decisive shift away from Orbán’s pro-Russia, anti-EU stance and toward European integration, with Magyar portraying the vote as a choice between corruption and clean government, East or West. International leaders like Ursula von der Leyen celebrated the result as a victory for democracy and Europe.