Hungary election winner Magyar expects to form government by mid-May

Election winner Peter Magyar, leader of the opposition Tisza Party arrives to meet Hungary's President Tamas Sulyok after the parliamentary election in Budapest, Hungary, April 15, 2026. REUTERS/Bernadett Szabo

BUDAPEST, April ⁠15 (Reuters) - Election winner ⁠Peter Magyar said on ‌Wednesday that President Tamas Sulyok would ask him ​at the inaugural ⁠session of ⁠parliament to form Hungary's next ⁠government, ‌which could be sworn ⁠in by the middle of ​next ‌month or somewhat sooner.

"The ⁠President ​has informed me that he will ask ⁠me at the ​inaugural session of the new parliament to be ⁠Prime Minister and form a government, as the leader of the ​party that ⁠got the most votes," ​Magyar said ‌after meeting Sulyok.

(Reporting ​by Krisztina Than and Gergely Szakacs)