# Bulgaria’s presidential election heads to a run-off amid low turnout

https://mins.news/en/item/115087

- Al Jazeera, 2026-10-25 22:57 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/25/bulgaria-election-heads-to-a-run-off-amid-low-voter-turnout?traffic_source=rss

> Bulgaria’s presidential election will go to a second round after no candidate cleared the threshold to win outright. Exit polls put incumbent Iliana Iotova at 35–36.5 percent and Andrey Gyurov at 31–33.5 percent; they are due to face each other on November 1.

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