Pirates would win before Vrbetice affair, CSSD with 4.5 pct- poll

The Pirates/Mayors and Independents (STAN) tandem would win the Czech elections in April with 27.9 percent of the vote, followed by PM Andrej Babis's ANO with 22.2 percent, an Ipsos election model shows. Together, which is another opposition alliance comprising the Civic Democrats (ODS), TOP 09 and Christian Democrats (KDU-CSL), would end third with 21.7 percent of the vote. The Chamber of Deputies would also be entered by the Freedom and Direct Democracy (SPD) movement and the Communists (KSCM) with 10 and 5.4 percent, respectively. The junior government Social Democrats (CSSD) would gain 4.5 percent and fail to enter parliament.