Official Final Count: Yotova Wins 34.76%, Gyurov 31.95% - Both Advance to Bulgaria's Presidential Runoff

· novinite.com

Iliana Yotova and Kiril Valchev won 34.759% of the vote in Bulgaria’s presidential election, ahead of Andrey Gyurov and Georgi Kandev with 31.952%, according to final results released after all polling station protocols were processed by the Central Election Commission (CEC).

The two tickets will face each other in a runoff on November 1.

Yotova and Valchev received 528,929 votes, while Gyurov and Kandev secured 486,214. The ticket of Kostadin Kostadinov and Petar Volgin finished third with 12.545%, or 190,894 votes.

MECH’s presidential ticket, Radostin Vasilev and Krasimir Manov, placed fourth with 4.608%. Ivelin Mihaylov and Yuliana Mateeva received 3.79%, while Ivan Hristanov and Stoyanka Cherkezova garnered 2.39%.

A total of 4.426% of voters selected the “I do not support anyone” option, representing 67,353 people.

According to figures published on the CEC website, turnout stood at 15.95% as of 4 p.m. Out of 6,637,238 eligible voters, 1,058,669 had cast ballots by that time.

The results from polling stations abroad showed a different ranking, with Gyurov and Kandev leading with 45.792% of the vote. Yotova and Valchev came second with 22.790%.

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