1 of 2 | Andrej Babis (C), leader of the ANO party, celebrates Saturday at an election event in Prague, Czech Republic. He is poised to become prime minister with the party's first-place finish and a coalition with other parties. Photo by Martin Divisek/EPA
Oct. 4 (UPI) -- Billionaire Andrej Babis is poised to return to power as prime minister in the Czech Republic in a four-year comeback that mirrors U.S. President Donald Trump.
Known as "Czech Trump," Babis earned a decisive victory Saturday in a parliamentary election after being voted out of office. Elections took place on Friday and Saturday.
Babis' populist ANO party, which means yes in Czech, took 36% of the vote, which is the party's best-ever result, according to Czech Statistics Office with about 95% of precincts counted.
Prime Minister Petr Fiala conceded defeat as head of the Spolu (Together) Party with 23% followed by the STAN liberal, centrist party. There was a turnout of 68.9% in a nation of 10 million residents.
