Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and challenger Péter Magyar have cast their ballots in Budapest as voters turned out in large numbers. Orbán voted in the late morning north of the capital, in the area of Zsámbék near Szentendre, while Magyar voted earlier in the morning at a polling station in Budapest’s central V District, at the heart of the city.
Speaking after voting, Orbán said the election was about protecting what Hungary had built over the past decade and a half. Magyar described the vote as a choice between remaining aligned with the EU or continuing as a political outlier.
