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Petr Pavel, Andrej Babis to Compete for Czech Presidency in Runoff

Head of the Czech Army Petr PavelHead of the Czech Army Petr Pavel - Sputnik International, 1920, 14.01.2023InternationalIndiaAfricaPRAGUE (Sputnik) – Retired Czech army general and former chair of the NATO Military Committee Petr Pavel and ex-Prime Minister Andrej Babis have made it to the second round of the Czech Republic’s presidential election, the Czech Statistical Office (CZSO) said after 100% of the votes were counted in the first round. “With 100% of the votes processed from the first round of the presidential election in the Czech Republic, Petr Pavel, who received 35.4% of the votes, with 1,975,056 people having voted for him, and Andrej Babis, who received 34.99%, or 1,952,213 votes, made it to the second round of election,” CZSO said in a Saturday statement. According to the release, the runoff will be held from January 27-28. The remaining six candidates managed to get between 0.6% and13.9% of the votes, and were thus unable to overtake Babis and Pavel in the first round.

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