PRAGUE, Oct. 20 (Xinhua) -- The two-day general election for the Czech Chamber of Deputies started on Friday.
This is the seventh general election in Czech history after the country's independence in 1993. Thirty-one parties with more than 7,500 candidates are contesting the 200 seats of Chamber of Deputies.
Polling stations close on Saturday afternoon. Partial and preliminary results will start appearing on the election website afterwards.
Interior Ministry spokeswoman Klara Peknicova said that the official results will be presented by the State Electoral Commission on Monday.
Many party leaders will traditionally be among the first voters to cast their ballots, including former Czech president Vaclav Klaus and former finance minister Andrej Babis whose ANO movement is the election favorite.
Czech citizens will be able to vote at nearly 14,900 polling stations across the country and abroad.
