Hungarian General Election. Budapest, Hungary

On the weekend of the 11th and 12th of April Hungarians prepare to go to the polls. On the eve of the general election, the political party Fidesz, headed by Viktor Orban, holds a rally at Budapest's Fisherman's Bastion square. Fidesz, which has been in power for 16 years, is trailing in the polls to TISZA, a party led by ex-Fidesz politician Peter Magyar. The next morning, on On the 12th April, polls open, and opposition leader Peter Magyar casts his vote in a school near his home. Afterwards, he speaks to the assembled international media before leaving. After 16 years of rule by the Fidesz party, his TISZA is ahead in the polls and looks set to change the government from Eurosceptic to one with closer ties to Brussels. In the evening, supporters of the Tisza political party gather at Batthyany Square to watch the election results come in. As the night progresses, it becomes clear that party president Peter Magyar has defeated the Fidesz party, winning a two-thirds majority in parliament, sweeping away the authoritarian era of Viktor Orban and heralding closer ties with the European Union.