New elections in Bulgaria: Election Commission: Former head of state Radev clearly wins in Bulgaria | EUROtoday

In the early parliamentary election in Bulgaria Former head of state Rumen Radev’s electoral alliance emerged because the convincing winner. As the Central Election Commission (ZIK) in Sofia introduced after counting 97.5 % of the election protocols, Radev was in a position to safe 44.7 % of the votes on Sunday for Progressive Bulgaria (PB). This implies that PB ought to have an absolute majority in parliament.

Two pro-Western political forces that beforehand dominated comply with far behind. According to those figures, the conservative Gerb-SDS alliance, which led a coalition authorities that resigned in December 2025, achieved round 13.4 % – that is its worst outcome ever. The liberal-conservative affiliation PP-DB follows in third place with 12.8 %. PP-DB referred to as for mass demonstrations in December, which brought about the then Gerb-SDS authorities to resign. Both pro-Western forces ruled in a coalition in 2023/2024.

Five political forces within the new parliament

The Turkish minority DPS occasion of a controversial oligarch politician, Deljan Peewski, additionally handed the 4 % hurdle with round 6.8 %. This has been sanctioned by the USA and Great Britain for corruption.

According to those figures, the nationalist pro-Russian occasion Vasrashdane (German: Rebirth) fell to 4.3 % (2024: 13.3 %). It was initially unclear whether or not Vasrashdane would stay above the 4 % barrier after the election protocols arrived from overseas. In the European Parliament, Wasraschdane belongs to the identical occasion household because the Alternative for Germany (AfD).

The Socialist Party BSP, which emerged from the previous communists, did not enter parliament for the primary time after the political change in 1989 with slightly below 3 %.

6.5 million residents have been in a position to vote

Around 6.5 million Bulgarians have been in a position to vote. An interim authorities is at the moment in workplace. The former fighter jet pilot Radev resigned from the workplace of president in January to participate within the election.

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