Former Prime Minister Babis' populist party is winning the parliamentary elections in the Czech Republic with over 95% of the votes counted, but it is not getting a majority.
Points of attention
- The populist party of former Prime Minister Babis is leading the Czech Republic parliamentary elections with 35.4% of the vote.
- Despite the strong showing, Babis' party falls short of a majority with only 84 seats out of 200 in the Chamber of Deputies.
- Other significant parties in the election include the center-right bloc 'Together', STAN, Pirate Party, and 'Freedom and Direct Democracy' among others.
Babis's party wins Czech parliamentary elections
These interim voting results are published by IDNES.
With over 95% of votes counted, former Prime Minister Andrej Babis' populist ANO party has 35.4% of the vote, giving them 84 seats in the 200-seat Chamber of Deputies.
In second place is the leading center-right bloc "Together" with 22.7%.
STAN ("Mayors and Independents") has 11%, the Pirate Party — 8.6%, the populist "Freedom and Direct Democracy" (SPD) of Tomio Okamura — 7.9%, "Motorists" — 6.8%. The populist party "Enough!" (Stačilo!) gets 4.4% and with this result will not enter the new parliament.
With the current distribution of votes, Babis's party will not be able to count on a majority government if it only involves the "Automobilists" in the coalition.
