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Last minute: Romanian Radev won the election in Bulgaria – News

Romanian Radev won the election in Bulgaria


President Rumen Radev won the second round of the presidential election in Bulgaria, according to the unofficial ballot box results.

According to the survey of the Alphe Research company, President Radev and Vice President Iliyana Yotova duo received 63.9 percent of the votes, Sofia University Rector Prof. Dr. The duo of Anastas Gercikov and Colonel Nevyana Miteva also took 33.1 percent.

According to the news in AA, 3 percent of those who participated in the election voted in favor of the “I do not support anyone” option. Due to the low interest of 6 million 660 thousand registered voters in Bulgaria, only 2.5 million voters voted, while the participation rate in the election remained at the level of 33.7 percent.

While 90 thousand votes came from Turkey in the first round, the number of votes in the second round was around 23 thousand. In the first round, where the turnout was 40.23 percent, Radev-Yotova duo received 49.42 of the votes, Gercikov-Miteva duo received 22.83.

“CITIZENS ARE NOW TIRED OF WATCHING SCANDALS”

In his first comment on the “record low” turnout after the election, President Rumen Radev said, “Citizens (who went to the polls for the 4th time this year) are now tired of participating in the elections, being manipulated and watching scandals managed.” said.

After the communist regime ended in Bulgaria in 1989, Romanian Radev won the 8th presidential election, which was held in two rounds in 2016, with 59.4 percent of the votes. The participation rate was 51.62 percent.

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