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Czech President in intensive care after holding talks on dramatic election - CNN
Oct 10, 2021 1 min, 6 secs
On advice of his doctor, he voted in the country's general election Friday from the presidential retreat, instead of at a school in Prague as was previously scheduled.

President Zeman's admission to hospital comes at a pivotal moment in deciding the Czech Republic's new government.

Zeman was taken to hospital shortly after speaking with Prime Minister Andrej Babiš -- a day after a general election where Babiš's ruling party ANO appeared to have lost its grip on power, and the two opposition coalitions who won a majority said they planned to form the next government together.

Zeman has not said when or whom would be asked to form the next government.

But he has previously indicated he would ask the leader of the largest single party -- not any coalition.

Complicating matters further, Babiš's ruling ANO party won the most seats among individual parties -- but has no clear path to a majority in the lower house.

Dramatic day at the ballot box

Andrej Babiš's ANO party was edged out by the narrowest of margins by the two opposition coalitions trying to unseat him, according to the Czech Statistical Office.

The center-right alliance Spolu (Together) won the most votes with 27.79% of the ballots, followed by Babiš's ANO party with 27.12%, and the centrist PirStan coalition on 15.62%.

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