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NEW World · 09:08
Bulgaria election: Iliana Iotova wins the presidential runoff with 57.6% and becomes the first woman elected president
Iliana Iotova and her running mate Kiril Valchev have won Bulgaria's presidential runoff, held on Sunday, 1 November. With 99.95% of polling station protocols processed, the Central Election Commission (CIK) gives them 57.58% of the vote, against 39.46% for Andrey Gyurov and Georgi Kandev. Iotova becomes Bulgaria's seventh president and the first woman elected to the office. Gyurov conceded. Turnout was about 27%.