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Hello and welcome to News Hour live from the BBC World Service.

I'm Rebecca Kesbby in London and Regini Videnarthen is in the Hungarian capital, Budapest,

where the election results are in.

And Regini, what a historic result.

Indeed, because in the last 10 or 15 minutes, the long-serving Prime Minister of Hungary,

Victor Orban, from the far right Fidesz party, conceded defeat in these parliamentary elections.

Now, Rebecca, you join me on the banks of the River Danube in the capital, Budapest,

and I am surrounded by thousands of people, supporters of the opposition Tisa party,

which is led by the soon-to-be Prime Minister here, Peta Magyar.

I have to say there's a real party mood here. People are waving flags and a lot of people are drinking beer in plastic cups.

We've heard the sound of champagne corks popping. And I have to say, I smell a bit of beer and champagne as well.

Not because I've drunk any, but because it's all getting thrown over on us, because people cannot believe what

has happened. Now, through the election campaign here in Hungary, the opinion polls did seem to

suggest that the opposition Tisa party, of which Petamagar only started to lead some two years ago.

So imagine what a meteoric rise he has had.

They didn't necessarily want to believe that those polls were true

because it was predicting a huge lead for the TISA party.

And so when that moment came and we saw on the screens have been set up on the banks of the river here.

And you can hear people cheer again because every time a new constituency result goes for the TISA party, people are clapping and cheering here.

Well, when those screens turned to Prime Minister Victor Orban

and he delivered a concession speech,

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