Czech Legislative Election, 2017

Legislative elections were held in the Czech Republic on 20 and 21 October 2017. All 200 members of the Chamber of Deputies were elected and the leader of the resultant government – Andrej Babiš of ANO 2011, became the Prime Minister. Across all parties, 7,524 candidates stood for election, setting a national record. There were 37 candidates per seat.

The result was a victory for populist party ANO 2011, which received 29.6% of the vote and 78 seats. The centre-right Civic Democratic Party was the second strongest party, receiving 11.3% and 25 seats. The ruling Social Democrats fell to 7%, finishing sixth. The Czech Pirate Party and Freedom and Direct Democracy both received over 10% and became new parliamentary parties. 

Source: Wikipedia - 2017 Czech legislative election