Iliana Iotova Wins Bulgarian Presidential Runoff With 57.6% of Vote

Jerusalem, 2 November, 2026 (TPS-IL) -- Sofia (BTA) – The tandem of Iliana Iotova and Kiril Valchev won the Bulgarian presidential election with a score of 57.6% in Sunday’s runoff, the Central Election Commission reported Monday.

Based on 100% of the tally sheets from section election commissions. Their opponents, presidential candidate Andrey Gurov and his vice-presidential running mate Georgi Kandev, garnered 39.5% of the runoff vote.

Iotova/Valchev earned 1,093,852 votes, while Gurov/Kandev received 750,251 votes.

The “None of the above” option, meaning that a person who cast their vote did not support either ticket, was marked by 56,080 people.