(ANSA) - PRAGUE, 25 SEPTEMBER - In the municipal elections, the main opposition populist party Ano (Action of the displeased citizen) of the former premier Andrej Babis has gained significant points in the big cities and achieved success even in the first round of elections for the renewal of part of the Senate.
The parties of the ruling coalition (Civicidemocratici Ods, Popular Kdu-Csl, Top 09, Pirates, Mayors and Independents) have instead won in the two major cities of the country, Prague and Brno. The final results, announced this morning, therefore substantially confirm what was anticipated by the partial in the evening.
In the first round of the Senate elections - where the turnout was 42.65% - the relative majority went to Ano, ahead of Ods, Kdu-Csl and TOP 09. But in the second round, which will be held next Friday and Saturday, the populists will have 17 ballots to challenge the parties of the government coalition.
For the first time in the ballots there will be a candidate of the extremists of Freedom and Direct Democracy (SPD).
But regardless of the results of the second round, the parties of the ruling coalition will retain the majority in the House of Parliament.
As for the municipal vote, where the turnout was 46.07%, the final results show that the Ano populist movement won in eight of the 13 cities in the 13 regions, while the other five victories belong to the center-right governmental coalition parties. .
In Prague, the ruling parties have a comfortable majority and negotiations should begin soon.
In the smaller municipalities of the Czechia, on the other hand, independent candidates and local civic lists traditionally dominate.
(HANDLE).