A last minute surge in support for Karel Schwarzenberg hasset up a potentially close second-round run-off in the CzechRepublic’s presidential elections.

The Czech Republic held the first-round of its presidential elections on 11-12 January. The elections will lead to the first directly elected President in the country’s history. Seán Hanley assesses the results of the first-round of voting and how the two remaining candidates – Miloš Zeman and Karel Schwarzenberg – are likely to fare when the country goes back to the polls later this month.