Petr Pavel, a retired Czech army chief and strongly pro-Western candidate, was seen winning the Czech presidential election on Saturday, projections and early voting results showed.
Pavel held 53.7% of the vote, to 46.3% for billionaire businessman and former prime minister Andrej Babis after 15% of voting districts reported, and projections by www.seznamzpravy and CNN Prima News both showed Pavel would win the overall vote by a double-digit margin.
