Pro-Kremlin candidate Yotova wins Bulgarian presidential elections – final results
Incumbent president Iliana Yotova won the presidential run-off against former caretaker prime minister Andrei Gyurov, according to final results by the Central Election Commission (CEC) on November 2.
With ballots from all precincts counted, Yotova, nominated by an initiative committee and endorsed by the ruling Progressive Bulgaria party, received 57.57 per cent of the votes.
Gyurov, similarly nominated by an initiative committee and endorsed by pro-Western opposition We Continue the Change and Democratic Bulgaria parliamentary groups, got 39.48 per cent.
A total of 2.95 per cent cast ballots against both candidates.
In the first round a week earlier, Yotova received 34.76 per cent of the votes and Gyurov had 31.95 per cent.
CEC did not give final turnout data for the run-off, but it was expected to exceed the record low 22.98 per cent recorded in the first round. The latest intermediary data made available by CEC put turnout at 19.33 per cent at 4pm on November 1, compared to 15.95 per cent at the same point October 25.
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