Orbán era swept away by Péter Magyar's Hungary election landslide

Orbán era swept away by Péter Magyar's Hungary election landslide11 minutes agoShareSaveAdd as preferred on GooglePaul KirbyEurope digital editor in BudapestWatch: BBC reports from Hungary as Viktor Orbán concedes defeatViktor Orbán's 16 years in power is over, and the system condemned as an "electoral autocracy" lies in tatters, defeated by a 45-year-old former party insider who convinced a majority of Hungarians to bring it to an end."We did it," Péter Magyar told a crowd of cheering supporters in a square beside the River Danube, overlooking Budapest's magnificent parliament on the other side. "Together we overthrew the Hungarian regime."Preliminary results, based on more than 98% of votes counted, put his Tisza party on course for an extraordinary 138 seats, with Orbán's Fidesz on 55 and the far-right Our Homeland on six.ReutersPéter Magyar is on course for a constitutional majority he needs to reverse Orbán-era reformsFor two years Magyar took his burgeoning movement around villages, town squares and cities, rallying Hungarians who had had enough of the cronyism and corruption that had become endemic over years."Never before in the history of democratic Hungary have so many people voted - and no single party has ever received such a strong mandate," he said on Sunday night, after a record 79% of the electorate turned out to vote.Orbán's rule was built up through four successive election victories and sweeping majorities, but it was over in a matter of minutes.As pro-Magyar supporters waited expectantly in the square on the Buda side of the Danube, the Tisza leader posted an extraordinary message on Facebook: "Viktor Orbán just called me on the phone and congratulated us on our victory."AFP via Getty ImagesBudapest was filled with jubilant supporters celebrating Magyar's victoryThere was barely time to digest what had just happened and only 30% of the vote had so far been counted.But...