Bulgaria Presidential Election Exit Poll: Yotova and Valchev Lead, Face Gyurov and Kandev in Runoff

Iliana Yotova and Kiril Valchev are leading after the first round of Bulgaria’s presidential election and will face their opponents Andrey Gyurov and Georgi Kandev in a runoff, according to exit polls by sociological agencies Trend and Myara as of 7 p.m., commissioned by NOVA.

The runoff is scheduled for next Sunday, November 1.

Trend Exit Poll

According to Trend, the Yotova–Valchev ticket received 36.5% of the votes cast on Sunday, while Gyurov and Kandev secured 32.4%.

The third-place candidates in the first round are Kostadin Kostadinov and Petar Volgin, who received 14.0% of the vote.

Radostin Vasilev and Krasimir Manov rank fourth with 3.4%, followed closely by Ivelin Mihaylov and Yuliana Mateeva with 3.0%.

Ivan Hristanov and Stoyanka Cherkezova are in sixth place, with 1.7% of the vote, according to Trend.

A total of 3.6% of voters selected the “I do not support any candidate” option.

Voter turnout stood at 21.3%.

Myara Exit Poll

According to Myara, incumbent head of state Iliana Yotova and her vice-presidential running mate Kiril Valchev received 35.2% of the vote, while Andrey Gyurov and Georgi Kandev garnered 32.2%.

The survey, commissioned and funded by NOVA, puts the Kostadinov–Volgin ticket in third place with 13.4%.

Radostin Vasilev and Krasimir Manov rank fourth with 3.9%, followed by Ivelin Mihaylov and Yuliana Mateeva with 3.3%.

Ivan Hristanov and Stoyanka Cherkezova are sixth, with 1.6% of the vote, according to Myara.

The “I do not support any candidate” option was selected by 4.8% of voters.

Voter turnout was 21.2%.