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Former PM Babis ahead in Czech election after 90% of districts report

PRAGUE, Oct 4 (Reuters) – Billionaire and former Prime Minister Andrej Babis's populist ANO party was leading the Czech Republic's parliamentary election on Saturday after 90% of voting districts had reported, statistics office data showed. ANO had 36.0% of votes, ahead of Prime Minister Petr Fiala's centre-right Spolu group with 22.3%. Six parties were above the 5% threshold to win seats in the 200-member lower house, according to the partial results. (Reporting by Jason Hovet)

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