What is going on in Czech Republic:)
Here is something more from BBC:
Czechs vote in close-run election
The ruling centre-left Social Democrats are facing a stiff challenge from the centre-right Civic Democrats during the two-day poll, which ended on Saturday.
Health care, pensions and taxes have dominated the campaign.
But it has been also marked by the unprecedented level of scandals and on one occasion even a physical clash.
Voters are electing 200 lawmakers to the lower house of parliament.
The Social Democrats have dominated the government for the past eight years, steering the Czech Republic into the EU in 2004.
However, it is unlikely that any party will get an outright majority, analysts say.
Czech politics is rarely exciting, but this year voters have watched in amazement as rival politicians traded vile allegations and even punches, the BBC's Rob Cameron in Prague reports.
Last month, a punch-up between the health minister, David Rath, and a former Civic Democrat deputy leader, Miroslav Macek, was shown on television and later made its way round the world.
Our correspondent says the verbal clashes, too, have been unprecedented.
Earlier this week, the head of a police unit claimed that senior Social Democrats - including Mr Paroubek - had interfered in investigations into organised crime.
Mr Paroubek has dismissed the claims as a Civic Democrat smear campaign.
Observers predicted a low turnout and a strong protest vote for the Communists and the Green Party, our correspondent says.
Preliminary results are expected late on Saturday.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/europe/5039672.stm
Published: 2006/06/03 12:38:30 GMT


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