New Delhi, April 13 -- Hungary's Viktor Orban had such an outsize global influence that his crushing electoral defeat is resounding far and wide.

During his 16 years in power, admirers emulated Orban's playbook for reshaping political institutions to his advantage and squeezing minority rights and media freedoms, and viewed him as a defender of national sovereignty in the face of globalization and migration.

To his detractors, he was a threat to European democracy and the continent's hard-fought values of human rights and rule of law.

Ultimately, Hungarian voters decided it was time to turn the page and overwhelmingly favored challenger Peter Magyar in Sunday's election.

Here's how global leaders reacted, in their own words.

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