Czechs abroad give overwhelming backing to TOP 09

Czechs living abroad mostly cast their ballots for the TOP 09 party with 39.59 percent of votes heading its way. The Civic Democrats came second with 27.36 percent, the Greens won 10.52 percent, the Social Democrats 6.14 percent and Public Affairs 5.32 percent. The Czech Statistical Office said just over 77 percent of the 10,000 voters registered abroad cast their votes. In 2006, the total was just under 84 percent.