Czechia’s Andrej Babiš has been a heavyweight political player since the 2013 parliamentary elections. At that time, ANO had its first electoral success. Unexpectedly, it placed second in the race, capturing over 18 per cent of the vote, trailing only behind the Social Democrats, who secured the top position. This electoral success allowed Babiš to join the coalition government as finance minister. 4 years later, in subsequent parliamentary elections, ANO won decisively. A score 10 per cent higher than in 2013 gave it an absolute triumph and first place in the race. Second was the right-wing Civic Democratic organization or ODS, which received only 11.32 per cent of the vote. In 2021, even though ANO lost by a minimal margin to the ODS-led Spolu (Together) coalition, it inactive recorded a good score of more than 27 per cent of the vote.
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