Andrey Gyurov called for an open debate with presidential runoff opponent Iliana Yotova and ruled out seeking endorsements from political parties, while candidates and party leaders began outlining their positions ahead of Bulgaria’s November 1 runoff. Speaking shortly after polls closed, Gyurov thanked voters for their support and stressed that the campaign still had important work ahead.

Bulgarian Prime Minister Rumen Radev said the upcoming presidential runoff would be a choice between peace and war, democracy and corruption, urging voters to support Iliana Yotova and warning against complacency, this was reported from his remarks to journalists at the Sofia Economic Forum. Radev blamed PP-DB, GERB and the DPS for low turnout, arguing that their constitutional amendments and political conduct had persuaded many people that voting would make no difference.

Andrey Gyurov leads in Sofia and among Bulgarian voters across most of Europe, while presidential candidate Iliana Yotova dominates in most Bulgarian provinces and Kostadin Kostadinov tops the vote in Russia, according to Central Election Commission (CEC) results from Bulgaria’s October 25 presidential election. With 98.

Bulgaria’s Central Election Commission (CEC) said that presidential candidates Iliana Yotova and Andrey Gyurov are heading to a runoff on November 1 after 95.29% of polling station protocols had been processed, with Yotova holding a lead of 2.

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.