Bulgaria's presidential election campaign for second round ends this evening

The campaign ahead of the second round of Bulgaria's presidential election ends this evening with candidates addressing voters. The second round will take place on 1 November. Iliana Yotova and Kiril Valchev, and Andrey Gyurov and Georgi Kandev, are running for the posts of president and vice president.

The candidate pairs' addresses will be broadcast on the Bulgarian National Radio (BNR) and Bulgarian National Television (BNT). According to a draw held by the Central Election Commission, the speech of the Andrey Gyurov and Georgi Kandev pair will air first, followed by that of Iliana Yotova and Kiril Valchev. Each speech will last 10 minutes.

Tomorrow, 31 October, is a day of reflection, when voters weigh their choices and a ban on campaign propaganda applies. The Central Election Commission announced that total spending for the two rounds of the presidential election was approximately 3 million euros.