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Run-off elections to be held in most big cities in Bulgaria

Yordanka Fandakova and Maya Manolova
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The mayors in almost all big Bulgarian cities will be elected at run-off elections, the exit poll results of the first round of the mayoral elections show. According to data of Gallup sociological agency, the candidates of the ruling GERB party will be elected as mayors at the first round in Burgas and Varna. In Sofia the current mayor Yordanka Fandakova earned 34.7% of the votes and the independent candidate Maya Manolova, supported by the Bulgarian Socialist Party, earned 24.6% of the votes. GERB-SDS wins 33% of the seats at the municipal council, Democratic Bulgaria earned 17%, BSP-16%, the independent candidate Boris Bonev-10.6%, VMRO-5%, Ataka-2%.




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