# Iliana Iotova leads Bulgaria’s presidential election, CEC says

https://mins.news/en/item/124737

- TASS, 2026-11-01 22:12 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://tass.com/world/2211601

> Bulgaria’s Central Election Commission released the first official count from the presidential runoff. With 17.39% of commission protocols processed as of 11 p.m. local time, incumbent President Iliana Iotova and running mate Kiril Valchev had 57.943%, while challengers Andrey Gyurov and Georgi Kandev had 39.007%.

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