Bulgaria’s election commission declares Iotova and Valchev elected

Bulgaria’s Central Election Commission declared Iliana Iotova and Kiril Valchev elected president and vice-president on 3 November 2026. The decision formalises the result of the 1 November runoff.

National Assembly in Sofia in 2018. — February 2018 archive; not the proclamation. Suicasmo, CC BY-SA 4.0; resized. — Suicasmo / Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ — Sofia, 24 février 2018, taille réduite.

According to final figures reported by public broadcaster BNR, the pair received 1,093,852 votes, or 57.566%. Andrey Gyurov and Georgi Kandev received 750,251 votes, or 39.483%.

Previously available results were near-final. The new milestone is the commission’s proclamation, distinct from exit polls and provisional tallies. It does not mean the new term has already begun.

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Report.az citant BNT (en) — Décision CEC 441
BNR (bg) — Proclamation CEC, 3 novembre 14h04

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