Myara poll: Iliyana Yotova 43.4%, Andrey Gyurov 28.9% in hypothetical vote

Bulgaria’s Myara polling company has released a nationally representative survey commissioned by Bulgarian National Radio (BNR). According to the results, if presidential elections were held in mid-October, 43.4% of eligible voters would back incumbent President Iliyana Yotova and Kiril Valchev. Former acting prime minister Andrey Gyurov and Georgi Kandev would receive 28.9%.

The Vazrajdane party leader Kostadin Kostadinov and Petar Volgin would win 10.2%. Smaller party leaders İvelin Mihaylov and Yuliana Mateeva received 3.1%, Radostin Vasilev and Krasimir Manov 2.9%, and Ivan Hristanov and Stoyanka Cherkezova 1.9%. Some 2.5% of respondents said they would mark the “I do not support anyone” option on the ballot.

Sociologists said the data reflects a snapshot of voter sentiment as of mid-October and noted that hundreds of thousands of eligible Bulgarian citizens have not yet made up their minds. The survey puts expected turnout at 39.4%, slightly above levels recorded in previous measurements.