Poll places Danuše Nerudová in the lead for presidency

Economist Danuše Nerudová would win the first round of Czechia’s presidential elections with 28 percent of the vote, according to a Median poll published carried out in November and published on Friday. It is an improvement by 13 percent on the October poll.

Nerudová was followed by former Prime Minister and ANO Party leader Andrej Babiš, who won 26.5 percent of the hypothetical vote. Polling in the third place was the retired general and former chairman of the NATO Military Committee Petr Pavel with 23.5 percent.

Both Nerudová and Pavel would beat Mr Babiš if the two faced each other off in a second round of the elections.