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Hungary heads to the polls on April 12, 2026 with opposition leader Péter Magyar's Tisza Party leading Viktor Orbán's Fidesz by 19 points among decided voters — the largest opposition lead in Hungary's post-communist history. But a gerrymandered electoral map, Fidesz-controlled state media, and constitutional barriers including a packed court mean that even a popular-vote victory may not translate into governing power, raising the question of whether this election cycle is structurally different from the opposition's crushing 2022 defeat.