The center-left coalition of ex-president Rumen Radev has emerged as the clear winner of Bulgaria’s parliamentary election, the country’s central electoral commission said Monday, ending half a decade of political fragmentation.
With 96% of the ballots counted by early Monday, results showed the Progressive Bulgaria coalition receiving 44.7% of the vote, over 20 percentage points ahead of the center-right GERB party of veteran leader Boyko Borissov and the pro-Western reformist bloc led by the We Continue the Change party. Both parties ran neck-to-neck, scoring 13.4% and 12.9% respectively.
