Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban delivers a speech in front of the National Museum during Hungary’s National Day celebrations on March 15, 2019, in Budapest, Hungary. Hungary’s National Day celebrations commemorate the 1848 Hungarian Revolution against the Habsburg monarchy. | Laszlo Balogh/Getty Images
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has won re-election, attributing his victory to the popularity of his “brand of Christian democratic, conservative, patriotic politics.”
According to Hungary’s National Election Office, with more than 98% of votes counted, Orban’s Fidesz party captured 53.29% of the vote and 135 seats in the parliamentary elections held Sunday, enough to secure a supermajority in the 199-seat Parliament.