Bulgaria's acting President Iliana Iotova won the presidential runoff election, near-final results from the Central Election Commission showed on Monday, becoming the country's first elected female head of state amid low voter turnout.
Bulgaria's Iotova wins presidential runoff, near-final results show
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Iliana Iotova won Bulgaria’s presidential runoff with 57.58% of the vote, becoming the first elected female head of state amid low turnout.
- Iotova and Valchev secured 57.58% of votes, about 1.1 million ballots.
- Opponents Gyurov and Kandev received 39.47%, roughly 749,500 votes.
- The election followed a first round where no candidate achieved a majority, leading to the runoff.
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