With over 99 percent of vote counted, Civic Democrats appear to have won Czech general election

With over 99 percent of the vote counted, the right-of-centre opposition Civic Democrats appear to have won this year's general election with 35.3 percent of the vote, three percent ahead of the ruling Social Democrats with 32.3 percent. The three other parties that have crossed the 5-percent threshold needed to enter parliament are the Communists with just under 13 percent, the Christian Democrats with over 7 percent and the Green Party with over 6 percent.

Voter turnout has been calculated at just under 65 percent, some 6 percent more than in the previous general election four years ago.