Overview
- Progressive Bulgaria secured 44.7% with 98.3% of ballots counted Monday, putting it on course for about 130 of 240 seats and an outright majority after Sunday’s election.
- GERB took 13.4% and the PP‑DB alliance 12.7%, with the far-right Vazrazhdane and the MRF minority party also set to enter parliament, according to official tallies.
- Rumen Radev called the outcome a mandate to fight corruption and said Bulgaria would stay on a European path with a pragmatic approach to Russia and the war in Ukraine.
- The result drew swift reactions abroad, as Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov welcomed Radev’s remarks on ties with Moscow and EU chief Ursula von der Leyen pledged to work with the government.
- The outcome could end five years of revolving coalitions in a system that usually forces power-sharing, following an eighth vote since 2021 that drew the strongest turnout in years and followed police raids on alleged vote buying.