REUTERS Andrej Babis is the front-runner heading into the election

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The centrist ANO (YES) movement led by populist billionaire Andrej Babis, dubbed the 'Donald Trump of Europe,' won the election on Saturday. The former Finance Minister won by a landslide, getting 29.65 percent of the vote. His ANO movement's decisive win shifted the country to the right. He is now faced with the challenge of forming a coalition government with more than one of the other eight parties which achieved at least five per cent of the vote. Speaking at his party headquarters, he said: "I believe we will build a government that will be one team. “We want to fulfil our programme for a better life in our country."

The election results paved the way for the Eurosceptic to lead the country, as with votes from 99.6 percent of all polling stations counted by the Czech Statistics Office, ANO had 29.65 percent. In a blow to the country’s traditional political elite, four of the top five vote-getting parties on Saturday were ones that have challenged the traditional political mainstream. Some exploited fears of immigration and Islam and have been attacking the country’s memberships of the EU and Nato. According to the results, the opposition conservative Civic Democrats came in a distant second, with 11.3 percent of the vote, the strongest mainstream party. The Social Democrats, the senior party in the outgoing government that won the 2013 election, had only 7.7 percent of the vote. The Pirate Party won seats for the first time, coming in third with 10.8 percent of the vote while the most radical anti-migration, anti-Muslim, anti-EU party, the Freedom and Direct Democracy, was in fourth place with 10.7 percent.

Getty Mr Babis will be the country’s next prime minister despite allegations of fraud

Polls showed early on that Mr Babis was likely to become the next prime minister despite allegations of fraud linked to EU subsidies. Mr Babis has been critical of the European Union; he opposes the EU's quota system on redistributing refugees and setting a date for adopting the euro. Two days of balloting that started on Friday are being held to fill 200 seats in the Czech Republic's lower house of Parliament.

Twitter/ Polls showed that Mr Babis got an overwhelming 29.65% of the vote

A record nine parties won seats in the Czech election and will share the 200 seats availalbe in the parliament's lower house. The Central European country has enjoyed rapid growth, a balanced budget and the lowest unemployment in the European Union, but voters have grown tired of traditional political players, giving rise to Mr Babis and other protest parties. ANO has maintained its rhetoric of opposition to the ruling system despite serving in the outgoing government along with Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka's centre-left Social Democrats and the centrist Christian Democrats.

Getty Czech Republic's President Milos Zeman prepares to cast his vote

Mr Babis' attitude towards Europe raises the prospect he may join Hungary and Poland on a collision course with the bloc. However, he also praises EU membership and lacks the illiberal ideology seen in right-wing governments in Budapest and Warsaw. The billionaire has stayed popular despite attacks over conflicts of interest from his food, chemical and agriculture business holdings, which were placed in a trust while in office. He also faces police charges he illegally received a two million euro EU subsidy when he ran his empire, worth an estimated $4 billion, before entering politics. He has denied wrongdoing.

Getty Mr Babis has been critical of the European Union; he opposes the EU's quota system on refugees