Preliminary results of presidential election announced in Bulgaria

Iliana Iotova and Kiril Valchev won 57.636 percent of the vote in the second round of Bulgaria's presidential election.

Operativ Media reports, citing the official website of the country's Central Election Commission (CEC).

According to the results released by the CEC, more than 1.077 million voters cast their ballots for Iliana Iotova and Kiril Valchev. The other candidates, Andrey Gyurov and Georgi Kandev, secured 39.402 percent of the vote, or approximately 736,000 votes.

The data is based on the processing of 98.43 percent of election commission protocols as of 03:00 local time (04:00 Baku time).

The final election results are expected to be announced no later than November 4.