00:00We move on to Hungary, where the Sunday election day is underway and is crucial for the country and the
00:05European Union,
00:06beginning with a massive voter turnout and without any setbacks.
00:10The electoral authority has stated that by 10 a.m. local time, voter turnout had already surpassed the peak hourly
00:16figure from the 2022 elections by 6 percentage points.
00:20Prime Minister Viktor Orbán was one of the early voters and after casting his vote, he addressed the media to
00:26declare,
00:26I came to win. His main rival is Peter Maguiar of the Conservatives' Tiza Party.
00:32Adopols favoured the opposition candidate Fidesz, who is part of the ruling party, could retain its parliamentary majority with just
00:3944% of the vote,
00:41while Tiza could need to exceed 55% to be able to govern stably.
00:47Preliminary results may be announced starting at 10 p.m. local time.
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