Iliana Yotova wins Bulgaria's presidential runoff to become the country's first elected female president

Summary

Bulgaria's incumbent President Iliana Yotova won the presidential election on Sunday 1 November, an exit poll showed, according to Bloomberg, which wrote that the win helps cement the grip on power of the Ukraine-skeptic prime minister, Rumen Radev, and The Philadelphia Inquirer reported exit polls suggesting that Yotova was the apparent winner of the runoff. Early returns showed the acting president winning and Yotova's opponent conceded, the LA Times reported, and on Monday 2 November the paper reported that Yotova has won the runoff election to become Bulgaria's first elected female head of state, PBS NewsHour writing that former interim Prime Minister Andrey Gyurov conceded defeat.

Latest: Early returns showed acting President Iliana Yotova winning the runoff and Yotova's opponent conceded, the LA Times reported, the paper then reporting that Yotova has won to become Bulgaria's first elected female head of state, and PBS NewsHour wrote that former interim Prime Minister Andrey Gyurov conceded defeat.

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