Bulgaria's Election Commission Declares Iotova and Valchev Winners
Bulgaria's Central Election Commission officially declared Iliana Iotova and Kiril Valchev as the elected president and vice president following the November 1 runoff.
The Central Election Commission of Bulgaria officially declared Iliana Iotova and Kiril Valchev as the elected president and vice president on Tuesday. The commission's 15 members unanimously approved the decision after processing all polling station tally sheets from the November 1 runoff election.
Iotova and Valchev secured 57.566% of the vote, totaling 1,093,852 valid ballots. Their opponents, Andrey Gurov and Georgi Kandev, received 39.483% with 750,251 votes. An additional 56,080 voters cast ballots indicating they did not support any of the candidates.
Georgi Horozov, the chair of the commission, announced the final results during a commission meeting. The official outcome will be published in the State Gazette.
