Bulgaria near final results give pro-EU party clear victory
SOFIA, Bulgaria — A centre-right, pro-European Union party is the clear winner in Bulgaria’s parliamentary election, according to near final results Monday.
With about 96.7 per cent of the votes counted, GERB had 32.6 per cent of the votes, the central election commission said. The results allows party leader Boiko Borisov, a former prime minister, to form his third Cabinet.
The Socialist Party was in second place, polling 27.1 per cent. Its leader, Kornelia Ninova, conceded defeat and said the party wouldn’t take part in a coalition government with GERB.
GERB didn’t win enough votes to govern alone, and will likely seek to form a coalition government with some of the three smaller parties whose votes exceeded the 4 per cent minimum threshold to enter parliament.