Following the 463 votes cast in the previous elections in April, a total of 352 Bulgarian citizens voted at the seven polling stations opened within the territory of Macedonia during Sunday’s elections for the President and Vice President of Bulgaria. The candidate pair of Iliana Iotova and Kiril Valchev received the highest number of votes, according to the Bulgarian Central Election Commission, 111 fewer than in the previous election.
Polling stations were opened in Skopje, Bitola, Ohrid, Strumica, Kavadarci, Kochani, and Prilep.
The presidential pair of Iliana Iotova and Kiril Valchev secured 40.7% of the vote; Andrey Giurov and Georgi Kandev came in second with 25.6%, while Kostadin Kostadinov and Petar Volgin received 14.5%.
The future President and Vice President of Bulgaria will be determined following the second round on November 1, with Bulgarian citizens choosing between the pairs Iotova–Valchev and Giurov–Kandev. Based on 95.29 percent of the processed protocols at the national level, the Iotova-Valchev ticket has won 34.60 percent of the votes, while the Giurov-Kandev ticket has won 32.04 percent.