Socialist-backed candidate General Rumen Radev has won the first round of Bulgaria’s presidential election, which could prompt a snap parliamentary election, Bulgarian TV channel BTV has reported.
Radev, who is supported by the pro-Russian Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP), won 25.4 percent of the Sunday vote, narrowly beating ruling center-right GERB’s Tsetska Tsacheva, who won 21.9 percent of the vote. The nationalist Krasimir Karakachanov finished third with just 15 percent and will not stand in next Sunday’s runoff.
While the president’s role in Bulgaria is largely ceremonial, the election’s outcome could lead to snap parliamentary elections as GERB currently leads a …read more
Source: Newsweek
