“My fellow countrymen! Hungarians! We did it! The Tisza and Hungary have won this election. Not just by a little, but by a lot. In fact, by a great deal. Together, we have ousted the Orbán regime; together, we have liberated Hungary,” Péter Magyar began his speech. He then thanked his audience for the result.
“Our victory is visible not only from the moon, but from the window of every Hungarian home. Whether it’s the smallest mud-brick house or a high-rise apartment building, in a big city or in the countryside, it’s visible from every Hungarian window,” Magyar continued.
The Tisza Party’s top candidate added: “Never before in the history of democratic Hungary have so many people voted, and no party has ever received such a strong mandate as Tisza. We thank you for the approximately 3.3 million votes with which you have given us a historic mandate to govern today. You have given us a mandate to build a functioning and humane homeland for all of us, for every Hungarian.”
Tisza not only won this election, but all signs indicate that we will have a strong two-thirds majority in parliament, Magyar said. In his view, this mandate will enable the most efficient and peaceful transition.
He thanked his family, his sons, his colleagues, and the party's 50,000 volunteers, as well as every Hungarian who supported the transition to democracy.
Magyar said that they won against all odds, even though the ruling party had deployed its entire apparatus, the secret services, and hundreds of billions of forints on smear campaigns against them.
“My friends, you have brought about a miracle today; today, Hungary has made history,” said Magyar, who believes they have triumphed over evil and done what the nation demanded of them. “The Hungarian people have said ‘no’ to deception, lies, misdirection, and betrayal,” he said.
“My dear friends, two years ago, a few people set out, and in the battle much like the one between David and Goliath, love triumphed—because in the end, love always triumphs. Thank you all for heeding the biblical advice not to be afraid,” – said Péter Magyar, to which the crowd began chanting, “We are not afraid!” “
”Thank you for believing that we can change our destiny, that we can write our history ourselves,” said Magyar, then added: “How many times have people told us that it wasn’t worth going to the countryside ? How many times have we heard that we must come to terms with "his Majesty’s" opposition, that we must make deals, because there is no other way. But of course there is—today you have proven that yes, it can be done.
According to Magyar, “there have been moments of grace in Hungarian history; 1848 was such a moment, and so was 1956. And let’s declare: April 12, 2026, is now also one of them. May this day too be a date inscribed in gold in the annals of Hungarian freedom! This is a victory for freedom, a victory for truth over lies. Let it also be a victory for those who did not vote for Tisza; let it be “a brilliant and magnificent victory for all Hungarians .”
Magyar then continued: “Every Hungarian feels in their heart that this is a wonderful victory. Our country has decided: it wants to live again, it wants to be a European country once more.” The crowd then began chanting, “Russians, go home!”
“Hungary wants to be a country that is nobody’s vassal, where performance matters, where citizens can count on their government, and where everyone is entitled to adequate healthcare and quality education. A country where no one is stigmatized for thinking differently than the majority. No one is stigmatized for loving someone differently than the majority, or for believing in something different than the majority. A country where who you know is not what matters, but rather what kind of person you are, where you can feel safe having children and starting a family," said Magyar, amid repeated interruptions of cheers.
Magyar then continued: “Every Hungarian feels in their heart that this is a wonderful victory. Our country has decided: it wants to live again, it wants to be a European country once more.” The crowd then began chanting, “Russians, go home!”
“Today, the Hungarian people have said a resounding and clear ‘yes’ to removing from power those who divide the people. The Hungarian people have said ‘yes’ to Europe, to a free Hungary, so that we can put the country in order. This is the duty of every Hungarian government,” said Péter Magyar.
“The Tisza government represents everyone, which is the duty of every Hungarian government; we must not make distinctions between Hungarians, nor divide and incite against each other, because that is a sin.”
He urged Hungarians who had moved abroad to return home in as large numbers as possible, because there will be much work to be done. He promised that the army, the police, and the secret service would serve exclusively the Hungarian people. He said that the state would take care of the most vulnerable and help them move forward.
“We are aware of our responsibility, and it is a tremendous task. Today we celebrate, then we get to work; we will work together toheal the wounds, and to clear away the rubble. I'm asking you all to join us on this path,” the president of the Tisza Party said.
“We know that the mandate we received today is unprecedented,” Magyar said. “We know that people who never thought they would stand with us voted for us today. We know this, and we will know it every day, and we will earn your trust every day, every hour.”
According to Magyar, “we will have a government in which every Hungarian will see that we are taking this mandate seriously. Because we have been given a mandate to rebuild our country, to heal our country’s wounds. We know that the situation is dire; we see the figures; we see what our predecessor did to the economy, law enforcement, child protection, and transportation. The task ahead us is enormous.
Magyar then said: “I call on the outgoing prime minister to function as a caretaker government from today onward and not to make any decisions that would tie the hands of the next government, the Tisza government.” Magyar continued: “If, during the transition—which we hope will be brief—any serious issue or decision affecting our nation arises, feel free to contact me; you have my phone number.”
Magyar then turned to the part of his speech dealing with civil law. As he said: “Today, the Hungarian people have decided in favor of regime change. Therefore, those who have been puppets and pillars of the system must leave public life. I call upon the President of the Republic to immediately nominate me, as the lead candidate of the winning party, to form a government, and thereafter to step down from office with whatever dignity he has left.
Magyar then proceeded to list at length the state and judicial leaders who, in his view, must resign from their posts. Magyar asked them to step down on their own accord and not wait until they are dismissed.
- the President of the Supreme Court;
- the President of the Constitutional Court;
- the Prosecutor General;
- the President of the State Audit Office;
- the President of the Economic Competition Authority;
- the President of the Media Authority;
- and the President of the National Judicial Office.
Magyar promised that Hungary would join the European Public Prosecutor’s Office and that they would not allow anyone to enslave Hungary again. He said that Hungary would once again be a strong ally of the European Union and NATO, and that Hungary’s place was, is, and will always be in Europe. Magyar intends to strengthen and expand the Visegrad Four alliance, and to this end, his first trip will take him to Poland. “My second trip will be to Vienna, and my third to Brussels, to bring home the EU funds that the Hungarian people are entitled to,” he said. Magyar listed a number of European leaders who had already congratulated him, and said that as prime minister, he would represent every Hungarian person in the Carpathian Basin and around the world.
Péter Magyar promised that “from now on, we will no longer be a country with no consequences” and that “those who have stolen from the country must be held accountable”. The crowd then began chanting, “To prison with them!”
Magyar promised that the “Tisza government will liberate the justice system and establish the National Asset Recovery Office, where the country’s best investigators and lawyers will work.” So Captain Bence Szabó and Captain Szilveszter Pálinkás! should get ready, he said. Magyar then specifically thanked the youth for bringing hope back to the Hungarian people, and the elderly for not believing the lies that were spread about Tisza.
He then addressed the Fidesz supporters as well, saying: “My dear Fidesz-supporting compatriots! I know you are disappointed today; I know it is hard to accept defeat, especially a major and well-deserved defeat; I know you are angry with us, and with me personally, because being in the opposition is difficult. But I, Péter Magyar, promise you today that I will be your prime minister as well, and I will work to heal the wounds so that we can accept one another even when we have different views.”
Finally, Péter Magyar spoke about the importance of reconciliation:
“Dear three million three hundred thousand Tisza voters! I'm asking you to begin the process of reconciliation by extending a hand to every Hungarian. From now on, there are no better or worse Hungarians, only Hungarians; from now on, this country is alive again,” Magyar said, then quoted József Antall’s words: “I serve, and I will serve as long as it benefits the nation.”