Last month, the Czech Republic, aka Czechia, aka Czechy McCzechface, held its presidential election. The circumstances proved a little bizarre, even by the standards of Czech politics; with Miloš 'totally not a tankie I swear' Zeman term-limited out, the populist vote turned to former PM Andrej Babiš of the centrist and Eurosceptic ANO, while the more pro-Western and pro-European Spolu alliance governing the country split between three independent nominees- Petr Pavel, Danuše Nerudová and Pavel Fischer. Also, while he barely got any votes, I just want to mention that one candidate, Karel Janeček, tried to mount a campaign in VR using the Metaverse.
While the three Spolu-endorsed candidates were all endorsed by the alliance collectively, they were each considered particularly close to one constituent party- Pavel to the more liberal TOP 09, Fischer to the more conservative ODS and Nerudová to the Christian democratic KDU-ČSL- and campaigned separately, with the intention being to coalesce around whoever got through to the second round. Ultimately that was Pavel, who came just ahead of Babiš, likely thanks to his military career reinforcing his pro-Ukraine stance, his vocal opposition to populism and Zeman, and his popularity within both the Spolu and Pirates and Mayors alliances.
In the second round, Pavel's win was basically a foregone conclusion given how the more liberal parties were united against Babiš and ANO, and though Zeman, the basically irrelevant Communists and the far right did endorse him over Pavel, Pavel still won resoundingly. The campaign was notably dirty on the part of supporters, though, as faked web pages claimed Pavel was dead and fake texts were circulated claiming to be from Pavel telling people they'd be conscripted to fight in Ukraine, while Babiš claimed his wife was sent a bullet in the post and he was sent death threats. One bit of solace to be found is that Babiš did at least concede defeat after the results came in, which is a bit sad to have to say about an election, but still.