The president of the Czech Republic was the ex-prime minister Milos Zeman

The ex-Prime Minister of the Czech Republic Milos Zeman won the second round of the first direct presidential directory in the country, data was processed from 100 percent of polling stations, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the Czech statistical management, which processes and publishes the election results. According to the Chest, after processing data from all 14 thousand 904 polling stations, Zeman received 54.8 percent of the vote. Over the first deputy prime minister, the head of the Foreign Ministry of the Czech Republic of Karel Schwarzenberg voted 45.19 percent of voters.

The turnout in the second round amounted to 59.11 percent.

The new president of the Czech Republic is first elected by all citizens of the country during a popular vote. The Constitutional Law on the introduction of direct elections of the head of state was signed by Vaclav Klaus in February last year. Earlier, the head of state was elected in the Czech Republic at a general meeting of both chambers of parliament. So Vaclav Gavel (1993-2003) and the current head of state Vaclav Klaus (since 2003) were elected.

10 years ago, Zeman suffered a humiliating defeat, when he first claimed the presidency - even members of his own party did not vote for him. Zeman retired to rest and spent most of his time in his country house.

This time, Zeman was able to enlist the votes of the older generation of Czechs, as well as residents of regions who suffered more than others from the economic troubles of the last decade.