Kantar poll: ANO party would win elections

The ruling ANO party of Prime Minister Andrej Babiš would win Czech parliamentary elections with 32 percent of the vote, according to a Kantar poll for Czech Television published on Sunday. Although the party lost two percentage points compared to the previous month, it still holds a strong lead over its rivals.

The Mayors and Independents movement, or STAN, came second with 16 percent, followed by the Civic Democrats, or ODS, on 15.5 percent. The Pirates would receive 9.5 percent, SPD 6.5 percent and the Motorists party five percent.

The Christian Democrats, known as KDU-ČSL, would remain below the threshold needed to enter parliament, as would the Our Czechia movement of South Bohemian governor Martin Kuba and TOP 09. The poll was conducted between April 14 and 30 among 995 respondents.