Partial results in Bulgaria's snap parliamentary elections show the center-right Citizens for the European Development of Bulgaria (GERB) party of longtime leader Boyko Borisov has finished with the highest percentage of the vote, the fourth such poll in 18 months.
Bulgarians have voted in an election widely seen as a referendum on the country’s prime minister after months of anti-government protests and amid a surge in coronavirus cases.
Prime Minister Boyko Borissov is hoping to win his fourth term. The 61-year-old politician has led the populist GERB party since its founding in 2006 and has ruled Bulgaria with an iron grip for most of the last 11 years.
“I have always taken into account what the people decide … Let the elections be honest,” Mr Borissov was quoted as saying after he cast his ballot without reporters present due to pandemic restrictions.