More Czech Voters Give Preference to Petr Pavel According to Poll

01:56 GMT, 22 January 2023

PRAGUE (Sputnik) - Over 40% of Czech voters plan to support retired Czech army general and former chair of the NATO Military Committee Petr Pavel in the presidential runoff, while nearly 30% plan to vote for ex-Prime Minister Andrej Babis, a new poll conducted by Data Collect and Kantar CZ for the Czech Television shows.

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The first round of the Czech Republic's presidential election was held on January 13-14. The turnout was 68.24%. Pavel received 35.4% of the votes, while Babis won 34.99%.

Over 70% of Czech voters plan to participate in the runoff that will be held on January 27-18, according to the new survey, which showed that 46% intend to vote for Pavel, while 29% said they were going to vote for Babis.

About 9% of the 1,562 people surveyed said they were not planning to vote in the second round of the presidential election in the Czech Republic.