{"id":28346,"date":"2026-11-02T07:27:10","date_gmt":"2026-11-02T01:42:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\/?p=28346"},"modified":"2026-11-02T07:27:10","modified_gmt":"2026-11-02T01:42:10","slug":"iotova-valchev-ticket-leads-in-bulgarias-presidential-runoff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\/?p=28346","title":{"rendered":"<strong>Iotova\u2013Valchev Ticket Leads in Bulgaria\u2019s Presidential Runoff<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Dragon Media News Desk<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Bulgaria\u2019s Central Election Commission has released the first official preliminary count from the second round of the presidential election. According to the commission, acting President Iliana Iotova and vice-presidential candidate Kiril Valchev have received 57.943 percent of the vote.<\/p>\n<p>Their challengers, Andrey Gyurov and Georgi Kandev, have secured 39.007 percent. 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According to the commission, acting President Iliana Iotova and vice-presidential candidate Kiril Valchev have received 57.943 percent of the vote. Their challengers, Andrey Gyurov and Georgi Kandev, have secured 39.007 percent. 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