In brief
The CEC’s first official tally of the November 1 presidential runoff shows Iliana Iotova and Kiril Valchev in front with 57.95% of the vote, having received 580,918 ballots. Their opponents, Andrey Gurov and Georgi Kandev, trail with 39.01% (390,988 votes). Earlier reports from TASS in 2014 noted a similar lead from a much smaller sample of protocols.
In the first official count of the November 1 presidential runoff, Bulgaria’s Central Election Commission released preliminary results showing incumbent President Iliana Iotova and her nominated vice‑presidential running mate Kiril Valchev leading with 57.95% of the vote after 52.42% of tally sheets had been processed, BTA reported.
BTA’s coverage added that the pair had collected 580,918 votes, versus 390,988 for challengers Andrey Gurov and Georgi Kandev, who together held 39.01% of the vote.
The CEC has noted that the tallies remain preliminary and will be updated as further protocols are processed.
TASS earlier on July 17, 2014, had reported a similar tally for Iotova, citing 57.943% of the vote after 17.39% of election commission protocols were processed.
