Initial results suggest Yotova wins runoff to become Bulgaria’s first elected female president
Initial results show Iliana Yotova ahead with 57.58% of the vote, putting her on track to become Bulgaria’s first elected female president.
- Acting President Iliana Yotova won Bulgaria's presidential runoff on Sunday, defeating Andrey Gyurov with 58% of the vote. She becomes the country's first elected female head of state.
- The election followed a first round on October 25 where no candidate secured an outright majority. Yotova assumed the acting presidency after Prime Minister Rumen Radev resigned to enter the parliamentary race.
- With 99.95% of precinct protocols processed, Yotova secured about 1.1 million votes while Gyurov received about 749,500 votes. About 2.95% of voters selected the "I support no one" option.
- Gyurov conceded defeat, stating "this is how the Bulgarian citizens have voted." Yotova's platform emphasizes maintaining European ties while seeking to lift sanctions on Russia.
- Presidents in Bulgaria serve a five-year term and hold primarily ceremonial duties. Despite lacking executive powers, the president leads the armed forces and appoints ambassadors, gaining authority through direct election.
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Who Is Iliana Iotova, Bulgaria’s First Elected Female President?
Bulgaria’s acting President Iliana Iotova has won the country’s presidential runoff election, near-final results from the Central Election Commission showed on Monday, becoming the country’s first elected female head of state. With 99.95% of precinct protocols processed, the Iotova-Valchev ticket secured 57.58% of the vote, representing approximately 1.1 million ballots. Their opponents, Andrey Gyurov and […]
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According to forecasts, incumbent Jotova is leading the run-off election in Bulgaria. Ukraine's war marked the election campaign appreciably.
Iliana Iotova won the second round of presidential elections in Bulgaria, according to the poll's output. According to estimates, she obtained 58% of the votes. His opponent, Andrey Gyurov, received 38% of the votes. Thus, Iliana Iotova becomes the first woman elected as President of Bulgaria.
In the Bulgarian presidential election held on the 1st (local time), incumbent acting president Ilyana Yotova (62), who has pro-Russian leanings, won. She is Bulgaria's first female president elected by direct election. In Bulgaria, a member of the European Union (EU), Prime Minister Rumen Radev, who pursues pro-Russian policies, is expected to further solidify his grip on power.
The current President of Bulgaria, Iliana Yotova, won the second round of the presidential election, winning 57.57 per cent of the votes after processing all the protocols, reported to the CEC of Bulgaria. In the second round, the citizens elected one of the two candidates who won the largest number of votes in the first round; the incumbent head of the President, Iliana Yotov, and the former Acting Prime Minister, Andrei Gürov; according to the…
Jotova became the country's first elected female head of state.
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