The party of billionaire and self-declared "Trumpist" Andrej Babiš has won the Czech Republic's parliamentary election, near-final results show.
Multiple news agencies have reported the result could steer the country away from supporting Ukraine and toward Hungary and Slovakia, which have taken a pro-Russia path.
With the results of 99.5 per cent of polling stations counted, Mr Babiš's ANO (Yes) party captured 34.7 per cent of the vote, beating outgoing Prime Minister Petr Fiala's Together conservative coalition, which received 23.2 per cent.
Mr Babiš has labelled the result "historic" for himself and his "catch-all" political group since it stormed into national politics in 2013.
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