Nigeria, April 13 -- Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has lost his bid to remain in power after his party suffered a landslide defeat in the country's parliamentary election.

The main challenger, Peter Magyar's Tisza party, secured 138 seats in the 199-seat parliament and won about 53.6 per cent of the total votes cast.

Mr Orban, who has been in office for 16 years, has already conceded defeat and called Mr Magyar to congratulate him.

"Prime Minister Viktor Orban just called to congratulate us on our victory," Mr Magyar wrote on X on Sunday night.

Mr Orban also said his party would play the role of the opposition to Mr Magyar's government.

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