Bulgaria's presidential runoff begins
A person votes in Bulgaria's presidential runoff election in Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria, November 1, 2026. /VCG Bulgarians are going to the polls on Sunday to vote in the second round of the country's presidential election. Nearly 6.6 million voters are eligible to choose between incumbent President Iliana Iotova, running with Kiril Valchev as her vice-presidential candidate, and Andrey Gurov, who is seeking the presidency with Georgi Kandev as his running mate. The Iotova-Valchev ticket, backed by the ruling Progressive Bulgaria party and the Bulgarian Socialist Party, among others, finished first in the October 25 first round securing 34.76% of the votes.
