France, April 13 -- Speaking to supporters on Sunday evening, Orban declared: "The election results, though not yet final, are clear and understandable; for us, they are painful but unambiguous.

"We have not been entrusted with the responsibility and opportunity to govern. I congratulated the winning party."

His rival, Tisza Party's Peter Magyar said in a post on social media that "Prime Minister Viktor Orban just called to congratulate us on our victory."

Across Budapest, cars were honking horns in celebration and crowds of cheering people took to the streets. 

Record turnout in Hungary as voters weigh change against Orban's rule

On one side of the Danube River, several attendees who had been waiting for hours for Orban to appe...