Miloš Zeman has failed to win the Czech presidential election outright in the first round, he will probably lose in the second round





The final results in the first round of the Czech direct presidential election, which took place on Friday 12th January and on Saturday 13th January, show that the incumbent Miloš Zeman has received 38,56 per cent of the votes, his main opponent Jiří Drahoš has received 26, 60 per cent. Unless the winner takes more than 50% in the first round, the two highest-scoring candidates will go head to head in a run-off planned for 26-27 January. Czech President Milos Zeman, next to his wife Ivana, attends a news conference, after polling stations closed for the country's direct presidential election, in Prague, the Czech Republic January 13, 2018.
The first round of the presidential election results in a second round that will be held on 26 and 27 January between Miloš Zeman and Jiří Drahoš.