Overview

• Final pre‑vote surveys put ANO around 29–32 percent and the governing SPOLU near 20–21 percent, leaving no party close to a majority.
• Polling stations are open Friday afternoon and Saturday until 14:00 in the traditional two‑day vote, with first‑time mail ballots available for citizens abroad.
• Andrej Babiš has campaigned on stopping weapons deliveries to Ukraine, opposing the pro‑Kyiv stance and munitions push championed by Prime Minister Petr Fiala.
• Analysts outline scenarios from an ANO minority tolerated by fringe parties to an unconventional arrangement with ODS, with Karel Havlíček floated as a potential compromise prime minister.
• President Petr Pavel has pledged to safeguard NATO and EU alignment and to scrutinize Babiš’s affairs as a revived subsidy‑fraud case looms, while researchers report pro‑Russian disinformation activity online.