Overview

• Near-final results show ANO at about 34.5–35% with roughly 80 seats, ahead of the Together coalition near 23%, with STAN, Pirates, SPD and the Motorists also entering the 200-seat lower house.
• Babiš says he will seek a one-party cabinet that would rely on tolerance from the far-right SPD and the Motorists to pass a confidence vote.
• Petr Pavel is beginning consultations with party leaders and has previously said he would refuse ministers who support leaving the EU or NATO.
• Babiš has signaled he would review or end the Czech-led artillery ammunition procurement for Ukraine and insists future support should be handled by NATO and the EU.
• The ANO leader remains entangled in a conflict-of-interest dispute and a subsidy fraud case he denies, and he has aligned in Europe with Viktor Orbán through the Patriots for Europe bloc.