Election Commission sets 1 November for second round of Presidential Election

On the evening of 27 October, Bulgaria’s Central Election Commission (CEC) announced the final results of the first round of the presidential election held on 25 October. The Commission also decided that a second round would take place on 1 November between the two presidential tickets that received the highest numbers of valid votes.

The ticket of Iliana Iotova and Kiril Valchev came first, securing 528,951 valid votes. Andrey Gyurov and Georgi Kandev ranked second with 486,232 valid votes.

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A total of 1,525,034 out of 6,584,025 eligible voters cast their ballots in the first round of the presidential election.

The election campaign for the runoff began immediately after the CEC determined the candidates and set the date for the second round. It will end 24 hours before election day, which is preceded by the official day of reflection.

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Edited by Miglena Ivanova