National Assembly of Hungary

The National Assembly of Hungary (Országgyűlés) is the country's unicameral legislature, comprising 199 seats elected by a mixed proportional and single-member constituency system designed under Viktor Orbán's 2011 constitutional reform. The 12 April 2026 election produced a decisive result: Péter Magyar's Tisza party won 138 seats, leaving Orbán's Fidesz-KDNP Coalition with the remainder and stripping it of the two-thirds supermajority it had held continuously since 2010. The new assembly is constitutionally required to convene by 12 May 2026, with Magyar setting 9 May as the opening date.

The significance of the assembly composition extends well beyond domestic Hungarian politics. Under Orbán, the National Assembly was the institutional vehicle for Hungary's veto of EU Ukraine-support measures, including the two-month block on the €90 billion loan package eventually approved on 23 April 2026. A new assembly dominated by Tisza — which ran on a pro-EU platform — is expected to end Hungary's routine obstruction of EU Ukraine-related measures. Magyar's MEPs voted against the €90 billion loan in Strasbourg, signalling that the party's position is not uncritical of EU instruments, but systemic veto use is unlikely to continue.

The assembly's opening on 9 May also marks the beginning of the government formation process. Magyar has promised a government of experts; the new cabinet requires parliamentary confidence. The constitutional deadline of 12 May creates a tight window. Hungary, Slovakia and the Czech Republic were excluded from the joint borrowing mechanism for the €90 billion loan — a status the new Hungarian government may seek to revisit as it defines its EU relationship.