Bulgaria's Iliana Iotova re-elected with 50.7% to 52.5% of vote
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on L’essentiel
Incumbent Bulgarian President Iliana Iotova won the second round of the presidential election with between 50.7% and 52.5% of the vote, according to exit polls. She leads former caretaker prime minister Andrey Gyurov, who received 43.4% to 44%; official results must still confirm the estimates, AFP reports.
Incumbent Bulgarian President Iliana Iotova received between 50.7% and 52.5% of the vote in the second round of the presidential election on Sunday 1 November, according to exit polls reported by Agence France-Presse. The estimates put her ahead of Andrey Gyurov, a former caretaker prime minister backed by the pro-Western opposition, who received between 43.4% and 44% of the vote.
The official results still have to confirm these estimates. Iotova supports dialogue with Moscow to end the war in Ukraine.
The election went to a second round after Bulgarian voters were called to the polls to choose their president on 1 November, according to the announcement of the second round of the Bulgarian presidential election.
