
Bulgaria looks set for lengthy and difficult coalition talks after a parliamentary election, the fifth in two years, again failed to produce a clear winner.
A bloc led by the centre-right GERB party of former prime minister Boyko Borissov won 26.5 per cent of votes in Sunday’s election, while a pro-Western reformist bloc led by We Continue the Change (PP) had 24.9 per cent, according to preliminary results based on 96 per cent of ballots counted.