All votes counted in Bulgaria: pro-Russian Radev's party wins election

Progressive Bulgaria, the party of former pro-Russian president Rumen Radev, has won 44.59% of the vote in parliamentary elections held on 19 April and secured an outright majority.

Source: results of the 100% vote count, published on the website of the Central Election Commission of Bulgaria, as reported by European Pravda

Details: According to the results, the GERB-SDS bloc came second with 13.3% of the vote, followed by the pro-Western bloc We Continue the Change – Democratic Bulgaria, with 12.6%.

The liberal DPS (Movement for Rights and Freedoms) party has also secured a place in the Bulgarian parliament with 7.1%, as did the pro-Russian Revival party, which won 4.2% of the vote.

These results indicate that Progressive Bulgaria, led by Radev, could secure an outright majority in the National Assembly. According to various estimates, the party is set to win 130-131 seats in the 240-seat parliament.

The elections were the eighth parliamentary elections to have taken place in Bulgaria over the last five years.

Background:

• Radev thanked all Bulgarian citizens who supported his party in the snap parliamentary elections.
• Meanwhile, the Kremlin has stated that it is too early to speak of a possible thaw in relations with the EU following Progressive Bulgaria's victory in the Bulgarian elections.

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