Prague, Oct. 5 -- The Czech Republic's opposition ANO party, led by former Prime Minister Andrej Babis, has won the country's parliamentary election, according to official results from a nearly complete vote count released on Saturday.
With over 99 percent of voting districts counted in the election, ANO garnered 34.5 percent of the vote, while the ruling center-right SPOLU coalition came in second place with over 23.3 percent.
Other parties crossing the 5 percent threshold to enter the parliament included the Mayors and Independents with 11.2 percent, the Pirate Party with over 8.9 percent, the far-right Freedom and Direct Democracy (SPD) with about 7.8 percent, and the populist Motorists for Themselves with nearly 6.8 percent.
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