Overview

• Official results give ANO about 34.5% and 80 of 200 seats, ahead of Petr Fiala’s Ensemble at roughly 23.3% with 52 seats and STAN at about 11.2% with 22.
• Andrej Babis says he will try to govern as a single-party minority and will seek case-by-case backing, starting talks with the far-right SPD (around 7.8%, 15 seats) and the Motorists party (about 6.8%, 13 seats).
• Babis rejects an EU exit referendum sought by potential ally SPD and reiterates that the country is pro‑EU and pro‑NATO.
• He campaigned on expanding social benefits and reassessing Czech military assistance to Ukraine, including a review of the Prague-led artillery shell initiative, while signaling continued support via EU channels.
• Turnout reached about 68.9%, the highest for a parliamentary election since 1998, as Viktor Orbán and Marine Le Pen congratulated Babis and analysts weighed possible policy shifts toward Hungary, Slovakia, and Ukraine.