The Czech parliamentary elections were won by a very small majority of the populist party “Unhappy Citizens’ Action” (UN), led by the former Prime Minister Andrei Babiss, but have not been able to win an absolute majority.
According to preliminary results, after counting more than 96% of the vote, 27.63% of Czechs voted in favor of the UN, and it is estimated that this will give the Babish Party 75 of the 200 seats in the lower house of parliament.
In second place with 27.18% of the vote is the coalition “Together”, which unites three center-right parties – the Civic Democrats, TOP 09 and the Christian Democrats.
The Pirate Party and the Union of Central Mayors and Independents, on the other hand, won 15.28% of the vote.
Thus, the two opposition coalitions have won a total of 103 seats, according to public television estimates, and if the Pirates and Mayors keep their promise not to cooperate with Babiss, the opposition has a majority to overthrow his government.
Another 9.77% of the votes were won by the far-right Muslim far-right party “Freedom and Direct Democracy” (SPD), led by Tokyo-born businessman Tomio Okamura, who was considered an ally of Babish.
Until now, the Babiš-led minority government, formed by the United Nations and the Social Democrats (CSSD), has received parliamentary support from the Communists (KSČM).
However, with only 3.68% of the vote, the KSCHM has not been able to overcome the five percent barrier to entry into the lower house of parliament, and thus, for the first time since the end of World War II, the Communists will no longer be represented in parliament.
It seems that the Social Democrats, who, according to preliminary results, were supported by only 4.71% of voters, may also have lost their representation in parliament.
Voter turnout has reached almost 65%, while in the previous elections in 2017, only 60.84% of eligible voters went to the polls.
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