Babis's ANO party leads Czech election after 50% of districts report

Czech billionaire and former Prime Minister Andrej Babis's populist ANO party had a wide lead in a parliamentary election on Saturday, after nearly 50% of voting districts had reported, statistics office data showed.

ANO had 38.3% of votes, ahead of Prime Minister Petr Fiala's centre-right Spolu group with 20.3%. Six parties were above the 5% threshold to win seats in the 200-member lower house, according to the partial results.