2026年4月12日 / 美国东部时间上午8:51 / 哥伦比亚广播公司/美联社
匈牙利民众周日将进行投票，这场选举被广泛视为今年欧洲最重要的选举，有望推翻欧盟任职时间最长、同时也是欧盟最激烈反对者之一的领导人。
这对民粹主义总理欧尔班·维克托来说是关键节点。作为特朗普总统的盟友，他的从政轨迹经历了巨大转变：从早年的自由主义、反苏激进分子，转变为如今受全球极右翼追捧的亲俄民族主义者。
投票于当地时间早上6点开始，原定当晚7点结束。欧尔班及其主要竞争对手彼得·毛焦洛尔几乎同时抵达布达佩斯的不同投票站投票。
匈牙利总理欧尔班·维克托2026年4月12日在布达佩斯一处投票站为议会选举投票。萨利赫·奥库鲁奥卢/安纳多卢通讯社/Getty Images 供图
62岁的欧尔班在投票站外向记者表示，竞选活动是“我们这边一场伟大的全国性时刻”，并感谢活动人士和支持者的付出。“我来这里是为了获胜，”他说。
独立监督机构和欧盟官员指责欧尔班政府自上台以来持续攻击匈牙利的民主制度和法治。总部位于英国的反腐败组织透明国际的数据显示，自2010年欧尔班首次就职以来的16年间，匈牙利已沦为欧盟腐败程度最严重的国家。
周日投票结束后，毛焦洛尔对记者表示，这场选举是“在东方与西方、宣传与诚实的公共话语、腐败与廉洁公共生活之间做出的选择”。
“我敦促所有匈牙利公民行使投票权，”他说。
21岁的马塞尔·迈林格当天在布达佩斯投票后表示，他投票“主要是为了让匈牙利最终成为一个名副其实的欧洲国家，让年轻人乃至所有人都履行基本的公民义务，稍微团结这个国家，打破这些源于仇恨的隔阂”。
蒂萨党领导人彼得·毛焦洛尔2026年4月12日周日在匈牙利布达佩斯举行的议会选举期间，在一处投票站准备投票。阿科斯·施蒂勒/彭博社/Getty Images 供图
自2016年美国前总统特朗普首次当选以来，欧尔班一直是特朗普最亲密的全球盟友之一。两人的关系在过去十年中愈发深厚。上周美国副总统JD·万斯在布达佩斯与这位匈牙利领导人共同公开造势时，充分展现了特朗普政府与欧尔班之间的伙伴关系。
匈牙利国家选举办公室的数据显示，投票开始后的前五个小时，投票率达到54.14%。这一数字创下匈牙利后共产主义时代的纪录，截至上午11点，投票人数比2022年大选多出约99.7万。
埃米特·莱昂斯对本文亦有贡献。
Hungarians vote in key election that could unseat populist and MAGA darling Prime Minister Viktor Orbán
April 12, 2026 / 8:51 AM EDT / CBS/AP
Hungarians are casting ballots Sunday in what is widely seen as Europe’s most consequential election this year, a vote that could unseat the European Union’s longest-serving leader and one of its biggest antagonists.
It is a key moment for populist Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, an ally of President Trump, who has traveled a long road from his early days as a liberal, anti-Soviet firebrand to a Russian-friendly nationalist admired today by the global far-right.
Polls opened at 6 a.m. and were scheduled to close at 7 p.m. Orbán and his top challenger, Péter Magyar, arrived at separate polling stations in Budapest at nearly the same time to cast their votes.
Prime Minister of Hungary Viktor Orbán votes for the general election at a polling station in Budapest on April 12, 2026. Salih Okuroglu/Anadolu via Getty Images
Speaking to reporters outside, Orbán, 62, said the campaign had been “a great national moment on our side” and thanked activists and supporters for their work. “I’m here to win,” he said.
Independent watchdogs and European Union officials have accused Orbán’s government of launching a sustained assault on the country’s democratic institutions and rule of law since. In the 16 years since he took office in 2010, the country has descended to the rank of the most corrupt country in the European Union, according to the U.K.-based anti-corruption group Transparency International.
After casting his vote on Sunday, Magyar told reporters that the election was “a choice between East or West, propaganda or honest public discourse, corruption or clean public life.”
“I urge all Hungarian citizens to exercise their right to vote,” he said.
Casting his ballot in Budapest on Sunday, Marcell Mehringer, 21, said he was voting “primarily so that Hungary will finally be a so-called European country, and so that young people, and really everyone, will do their fundamental civic duty to unite this nation a bit and to break down these boundaries borne of hatred.”
Peter Magyar, leader of the Tisza party, prepares to vote at a polling station during parliamentary elections in Budapest, Hungary, on Sunday, April 12, 2026. Akos Stiller / Bloomberg via Getty Images
Orbán has been one of Mr. Trump’s closest global allies since the U.S. president was first elected in 2016. The relationship has deepened between the two men over the past decade. The partnership between the Trump administration and Orbán was on full display when Vice President JD Vance publicly campaigned alongside the Hungarian leader in Budapest last week.
Turnout after the first five hours of voting was 54.14%, according to the National Election Office. That is a record in Hungary’s post-communist history, with around 997,000 more voters having cast their ballot by 11 a.m. than during the 2022 elections.
Emmet Lyons contributed to this report.
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