The party of billionaire ex-premier Andrej Babis led in the Czech general election on Saturday with over 80 percent of the vote counted, according to official results.

His ANO (Yes) party, campaigning on pledges of welfare and halting military aid to Ukraine, scored 36.5 percent of the vote in country of 10.9 million people, according to interim figures.

The Together grouping of outgoing Prime Minister Petr Fiala came second with 21.8 percent, ahead of its coalition partner STAN with 10.8 percent.

A total of six parties looked on track to enter parliament, with final results expected later on Saturday. The country is a member of both the EU and NATO.

Fiala’s government has provided humanitarian and military aid to Ukraine since it was invaded by Russia in February 2022.

But Babis’s re

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