The Czech Republic’s Prime Minister and chief of centrist ANO (YES) motion Andrej Babis holds his poll at a polling station in Lovosice on Friday.
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The Czech Republic’s Prime Minister and chief of centrist ANO (YES) motion Andrej Babis holds his poll at a polling station in Lovosice on Friday.
Petr David Josek/AP
PRAGUE — Prime Minister Andrej Babis’ centrist social gathering on Saturday narrowly misplaced the Czech Republic’s parliamentary election, a shock improvement that would imply the tip of the populist billionaire’s reign in energy.
The 2-day election to fill 200 seats within the decrease home of the Czech Republic’s parliament befell shortly after the Worldwide Consortium of Investigative Journalists reported particulars of Babis’ abroad monetary dealings in a challenge dubbed the “Pandora Papers.” Babis, 67, has denied wrongdoing.
With the votes from 99.7% of the poll stations counted, the Czech Statistics Workplace mentioned Collectively, a liberal-conservative three-party coalition, captured 27.7% of the vote, beating Babis’ ANO (Sure) social gathering, which gained 27.2%.
In one other blow to the nation’s populists, one other center-left liberal coalition of the Pirate Get together and STAN, a gaggle of mayors, obtained 15.5% of the vote to complete third, the statistics workplace reported.
The 2 coalitions have sufficient help collectively to create a brand new authorities.
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