In the second round of the presidential elections held in Bulgaria, the current head of state, Iliana Yotova, won.
Modern.az reports that this was stated in the preliminary results announced by the Central Election Commission of Bulgaria.
After 99.68 percent of the election protocols were counted, Iliana Yotova and her vice-presidential candidate Kiril Valchev collected 57.66 percent of the votes.
Their rivals, former prime minister Andrey Gyurov and vice-presidential candidate Georgi Kandev, received 39.38 percent of the votes.
According to the information, more than 1 million 91 thousand voters voted for Yotova and Valchev, and more than 745 thousand voters voted for their opponents.
Andrey Gyurov and Georgi Kandev admitted that they lost the elections.
It should be noted that the final results of the elections will be officially announced after all protocols are counted.
If the results are confirmed, Iliana Yotova will be the first female president in the history of Bulgaria to be elected by popular vote.
