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Hungary holds parliamentary elections on April 12, 2026, with independent polls showing the opposition Tisza party led by Péter Magyar ahead of Viktor Orbán's Fidesz by double digits — the first serious electoral threat to Orbán since he returned to power in 2010. But an electoral system redesigned to amplify incumbency, €19 billion in frozen EU funds, active Russian disinformation operations, and a state apparatus packed with Fidesz loyalists mean that even a clear popular mandate for change may not translate into a functioning new government.