Iliana Yotova leads Bulgaria presidential runoff with 57.6% of the vote

Source: Trend · November 2, 2026, 05:37

Bulgaria's Central Election Commission (CEC) has announced the official results of the vote count in the second round of the presidential election.

According to data published on the commission's website, Iliana Yotova and her vice-presidential running mate Kiril Vylchev won 57.636% of the votes. More than 1.077 million voters cast ballots for them, according to the report from Trend in Baku.

The other candidates, Andrey Gyurov and Georgi Kandev, received 39.402% of the votes, about 736,000. The results were calculated on the basis of 98.43% of polling station protocols processed as of 03:00 local time. Final official results are expected to be announced no later than November 4.

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