Bulgarians voted in their seventh general election in just over three years. Former Prime Minister Boyko Borisov’s center-right GERB party appeared to have come out on top, with between 25% and 27% of the vote.
Former Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov pictured at a polling station during the country’s general election, on October 27, 2024
Bulgaria has been wracked by unstable governments since 2020
Polls closed in Bulgaria’s seventh general election in three years on Sunday evening, with preliminary results suggesting another win for former Prime Minister Boyko Borisov’s conservative party.
Borisov’s GERB garnered 26.08% of the votes, according to preliminary results based on a partial vote count from the state election commission.
This was followed by the reformist coalition We Continue the Change (PP) at 14.76% and the ultra-nationalist Vazrazhdane (Revival) party at around 13.8%.
According to an exit poll showing similar results by Alpha Research, GERB was likely to get around 74 seats in the 240-seat parliament, while PP could get 42 seats, and Revival 36 seats respectively.
Sunday’s vote was called after the seven groups elected in a June vote did not succeed in forming a workable coalition.
Bulgaria has been run by short-lived governments since 2020 when anti-graft protests helped to end a coalition led by the GERB party.