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| Czech election: Landslide for Andrej Babis' ANO |
| 2017-10-22 |
| [Al Jazeera] Billionaire Andrej Babis has won a thumping victory in the Czech Republic's parliamentary election, while eurosceptics and an anti-Islam group made strong gains. State election officials citing results from 99.9 percent of polling stations on Saturday said Babis's anti-corruption and anti-euro ANO (Yes) movement won with 29.7 percent support, almost three times higher than any other party and giving it a chance to rule with just one partner in a coalition. ANO was followed by the eurosceptic right-wing ODS party on 11.3 percent. The far-right, anti-EU and anti-Islam SPD party made strong gains, capturing more than 10 percent of the vote, while another protest party, the Pirates, was set to win a number of seat by appealing to unhappy liberal voters. At just 7.4 percent, the ruling Social Democrats of Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka were on course for their worst result since the country peacefully split with Slovakia in 1993. |
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