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Bulgaria's Iotova wins presidential runoff, near-final results show

Pakistan Published 2 November 2026, 11:59 · archived 2 Nov 2026

Bulgaria’s acting President Iliana Iotova won the presidential runoff election, near-final results ​from the Central Election Commission showed ‌on Monday, becoming the country’s first elected female head of state amid low voter turnout. With ​99.95% of precinct protocols processed, the ​Iotova-Valchev ticket had won 57.58% of ⁠the vote, or about 1.1 million ballots, ​while opponents Andrey Gyurov and Georgi Kandev ​received 39.47%, or about 749,500 votes. About 2.95% of voters chose the “I support no one” option. The runoff ​followed a first round on October 25 ​that gave no candidate the maj...

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