Civic Democrats clear winners among Czechs abroad

For the second time, Czechs living abroad were also able to take part in the elections at embassies and consulates. Most of them gave their votes to the Civic Democrats who received over 50 percent of the vote abroad. The Social Democrats got under 16 percent on a par with the Greens. Ten percent of Czech voters abroad voted for the Christian Democrats. The Communists got only 2 percent. Some 83 percent of the 5,000 who had registered to vote abroad turned up.