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Bulgarian election delivers another fragmented parliament

Boyko Borissov, leader of the centre-right GERB party votes at a polling station during snap parliamentary elections and European Parliament elections in Sofia, Bulgaria, June 9, 2024. [Stoyan Nenov/Reuters]

The centre-right Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria (GERB) party is on course to win the most votes in Bulgaria’s snap election, but it will need at least two coalition partners to form a government.

With 64 percent of votes from Sunday’s election counted, GERB enjoyed a strong lead, having won 23.65 percent of the vote. That illustrated that the results of Bulgaria’s sixth election in three years were unlikely to put an end to the political instability that has plagued the country in recent years.

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