The Czech Republic began to vote on Friday in a two -day general election. The Czechians will vote to election of their 200 -member deputies who are their lower chamber of parliament, and the leader of the government that forms will become the new Prime Minister of the country.
Petr Fiala from the Civic Democratic Party is the current prime minister. The current opposition party is former Prime Minister Andrej Babis. Babis, a 71 -year -old billionaire, served as PM from December 2017 to December 2021.
Data to vote
The vote for the Czech Republic began 3 October, Thursday and will continue until 4 October, Friday.
On Friday, the polling stations opened at 14:00 local time and continued to operate until 22:00. On Saturday, the station is expected to open at 8 am and remain functional until 14:00, according to Radio Prague International (RPI).
Elections 2025 will be for the first time in the country’s history where postal vote will be allowed. This came after the Earth’s election laws were introduced in 2024.
The timing of results
The main results can come until Saturday evening, RPI informed. He calculated how the results were in the previous elections until 22:24 on the second day of the vote.
The publication also states that complete results will be on Monday after discussions by the State Election Commission and will be published on Tuesday in the country.
Expected winners
According to several polls of public opinion and election aggregators, it is expected that in the Czech Republic, the former Andrej Babis’ is expected. It is expected that the leadership of 10.5-11 seats in front of their closest rivals will have a Alliance.
Babis, according to AFP, is a self -proclaimed “trumpist” and his re -election saw the country approaching Hungary and Slovakia. Babis was critical of some European Union policies when he was prime minister, and is in good condition with Hungarian Viktor Orban and Slovak Robert Fico who maintained ties with Moscow despite their invasion of Ukraine.
Although YES culminates in voices, he will have to rely on the coalition to maintain his majority in the lower chamber.
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