Viktor Orbán's 16 years in power is over, defeated by a 45-year-old ex-party insider who convinced a majority of Hungarians to oust him.
Hungary has for some time felt like two different worlds running in tandem. In one, Orbán convinced his supporters and TV viewers they were heading for victory and four more years in power, backed up by opinion polls run by sympathetic pollsters, who continued to forecast a Fidesz victory as late as Sunday evening.
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