Chairman of opposition “ANO” (YES) motion Andrej Babiš arrives to solid his poll at a polling station in Ostrava, Czech Republic, on Friday. The populist billionaire received a parliamentary election on Saturday.
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PRAGUE — Populist Czech billionaire Andrej Babiš received a parliamentary election Saturday in a a political comeback that put the nation on a course away from supporting Ukraine and towards Hungary and Slovakia, which have taken a pro-Russian path.
With the votes from nearly 98% of polling station counted by the Statistics Workplace, Babiš’s ANO (YES) motion captured 35% of the vote adopted by the pro-Western coalition of Prime Minister Petr Fiala with 23.0%. The coalition defeated him within the 2021 election.
The 2-day election crammed 200 seats within the decrease home of the Czech parliament. A gaggle of mayors often known as STAN, additionally a member of Fiala’s authorities, had 11.1% of the vote, with one other ally of Fiala, the Pirates social gathering, reaching 8.7%.
The foremost anti-migrant pressure, the Freedom and Direct Democracy social gathering, received 7.9% whereas a right-wing group calling itself the Motorists acquired 6.8%. The 2 are potential companions for Babiš if he needs to have a majority authorities.
