NEO confirms Tisza's landslide victory in Hungarian parliamentary elections

BUDAPEST -- Final results released by Hungary's National Election Office (NEO) on Saturday confirmed the Tisza Party won a two-thirds majority in the parliamentary elections held on April 12.

According to a 100-percent count of the votes, the Tisza Party, led by Peter Magyar, garnered 53.18 percent of the vote and won 141 of the 199 seats in parliament. The ruling coalition of Fidesz and the Christian Democratic People's Party (KDNP), led by Prime Minister Viktor Orban, won 38.61 percent, securing 52 seats. The far-right Our Homeland Movement received 5.63 percent and six seats.

Magyar hailed the final results in a Facebook post, describing them as "an unprecedented majority" and "an unprecedented mandate," while adding that they also represent "a great responsibility."

Final turnout of the election on Sunday last week stood at 79.56 percent, marking a record high.

The victory of the emerging center-right Tisza party signals the imminent end of Orban's 16 consecutive years in power. Orban served as Hungary's prime minister from 1998 to 2002 and has remained in office since returning to power in 2010.

Speaking in Budapest on Monday while outlining the reform agenda of a future new government, Magyar said Hungary is entering the "beginning of a new era."

Under Hungary's electoral law, parliamentary elections are held every four years. Hungary's parliament has 199 seats, including 106 elected directly in single-member constituencies and 93 allocated among parties that enter parliament.