India, April 12 -- As Hungarians voted in record numbers on Sunday in an election widely expected to end Prime Minister Viktor Orban's 16-year grip on power, the day carried consequences far beyond his country. For Donald Trump, whose administration had staked its diplomatic prestige on keeping his closest European ally in office, the likely fall of Orban arrives at a moment of crisis at home - the realtor-politician's support is splintering over the Iran war few in his 'MAGA' base had wanted.

By mid-day in Budapest, voter turnout was over 40%, an unprecedented figure in Hungary's post-communist history.

Prediction market Polymarket placed the probability of opposition leader Peter Magyar becoming Hungary's next prime minister above 80%...