All protocols counted: Iotova leads Gyurov by 42,715 votes, run-off on Nov. 1
CEC data with 100% of protocols processed (as of Oct. 26) give Iliana Iotova 528,929 votes and Andrey Gyurov 486,214. The CEC is due to adopt its formal decision on the official result on Oct. 27.
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Bulgaria's Central Election Commission (CEC) published results with 100 percent of protocols processed on Monday. According to Ruse.news, it must announce the result by decision on Tuesday, October 27, and schedule a run-off for Sunday, November 1; no such decision had been reported in the sources reviewed by the morning of October 27. CEC spokeswoman Stoyanka Balova said on election day that the commission would announce the results on the 27th or schedule a run-off.
According to the data, the ticket of Iliana Iotova and Kiril Valchev has 528,929 votes (34.759 percent), while Andrey Gyurov and Georgi Kandev have 486,214 (31.952 percent). The gap is 42,715 votes. Kostadin Kostadinov and Petar Volgin have 190,894 votes (12.545 percent), and the option "I do not support anyone" drew 67,353, according to data published by Dir.bg.
According to BNT, Iotova and Valchev won 27 of the 31 constituencies, Gyurov and Kandev the remaining four. Just over 1.5 million people voted, according to Dir.bg; turnout of around 22 percent is a record low. Abroad, Gyurov came first by a wide margin with 45.79 percent, according to OFFNews.