Bulgarians will now choose between President Iliana Yotova and former caretaker Prime Minister Andrey Gyurov next week.
Bulgaria’s presidential election is heading to a run-off after polls closed with low voter turnout and no candidate passing the required threshold.
Incumbent President Iliana Iotova received between 35 and 36.5 percent of votes on Sunday , according to exit polls. She will now face former caretaker Prime Minister Andrey Gyurov, who scored between 31 and 33.5 percent, in a second round on November 1.
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Minister of Interior Ivan Demerdzhiev said the elections “took place peacefully, without the usual practices of vote buying and vote manipulation”, Bulgarian National Television reported.
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