Retired general Petr Pavel received a million more votes than his opponent Andrej Babis to win the Czech Republic’s presidential election. There was a record turnout in the second round of the election with more than 70 per cent of people exercising their right to vote. In Prague, Pavel won 76 per cent of the vote compared to 58 per cent nationally. While he received particularly strong support in the capital, Babis proved more popular in border regions, especially in the northwest and northeast. One man from Prague said: “I am very proud of being Czech now that Mr Pavel is going to be Preside…