Bulgaria votes in presidential runoff after tight first round
- Exit polls projected Iotova’s support at 50.7% to 52.5%, compared with 43.4% to 44% for Gyurov.
- Iotova supports Bulgaria’s European alliances and says peace in Ukraine can come through negotiations.
- The election followed drone attacks on commercial vessels in the Black Sea that left people missing and raised regional security concerns.
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Bulgarian interim president Iliana Jotova has won the second and decisive round of the presidential election, according to three exit polls. She can count on 50.7 to 52.5 percent of the vote. Jotova’s opponent Andrey Gyurov, a banker and former interim prime minister, is projected to receive 43.4 to 44 percent of the vote.
Yotova wins runoff to become Bulgaria’s first elected female president, unofficial count shows
Acting President Iliana Yotova is winner in the country’s presidential runoff, early returns show, and her opponent has conceded. She will become the first elected female president in the nation's history.
The urn-foot surveys give him between 50.7% and 52.5% of the votes against pro-Western Andrei Gyurov, in a vote marked by security tensions in the Black Sea
Bulgaria will have an elected female president for the first time. According to exit polls, pro-Russian Iliana Jotova has secured 56 to 58 percent of the vote. Her opponent, pro-European Andrey Gyurov, who received 38 to 40 percent, has congratulated her on the victory. The official results are expected tomorrow, once all votes have been counted. Jotova (62) is currently interim president. She was vice president from 2017 until early this year,…
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