Hungary's Democratic Resurgence: Orbánism Defeated in Landmark Election

Hungary's recent election has delivered a stunning rebuke to the long-ruling regime of Viktor Orbán, whose Fidesz party had transformed the country into a soft autocracy over the past 16 years. In a record-breaking turnout, the center-right challenger Péter Magyar and his Tisza party have emerged victorious, all but certain to secure their own supermajority in parliament.

Prior to his landslide election victory in 2010, Orbán had famously told supporters: