Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has conceded defeat in the country’s parliamentary election after partial official results showed Péter Magyar’s Tisza party winning by a landslide. With 97.35 percent of precincts counted, Magyar’s centre-right party secured 138 seats in the 199-seat parliament on 53.6 percent of the vote, while Orbán’s Fidesz took just 55 seats with 37.8 percent. Election officials estimated turnout at a record of 79 percent or more, in an election that many Hungarians saw as a watershed moment for their country.The result marks the end of one…
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