Iotova wins Bulgaria's presidential election runoff

Iliana Iotova and her running mate Kiril Valchev have won Bulgaria's November 1 presidential election runoff, receiving 57.66% of the vote.

According to the Bulgarian News Agency (BTA), Iotova, Bulgaria's acting president, and Valchev, director-general of BTA, secured victory over the other presidential and vice-presidential candidates, Andrey Gurov and Georgi Kandev, who received 39.38% of the vote.

The Central Election Commission (CEC) announced the preliminary results after processing 99.68% of polling station election commission protocols. The data were reported as of 5:00 a.m. on November 2.

A total of 1,091,206 voters cast their ballots for Iotova and Valchev, while 745,303 voted for Gurov and Kandev.

Another 55,938 voters selected the “None of the above” option.