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Story summary
- Incumbent President Iliana Yotova and challenger Andrey Gyurov will contest a runoff on November 1.
- Voter turnout fell below 40%, missing the 50% threshold of 6.6 million registered voters.
- Yotova earned roughly 35-36.5% of votes while Gyurov received about 31-33.5%.
- Gyurov, former caretaker prime minister, signed a security cooperation agreement with Kyiv during the campaign.
- If elected, Yotova would become Bulgaria’s first directly elected female president.