Iliana Yotova projected to win Bulgaria presidential runoff, exit polls show

ANSA reported Yotova receiving 52.5% of the vote against 43.4% for Gyurov, using the spelling Ghiurov. Euronews separately put Yotova at about 52% in its cited exit polls. The variation reflects different levels of reported precision rather than a clear contradiction, but the figures remain projections rather than final results.

The contest pitted acting President Yotova against Gyurov, whom Euronews described as a pro-Western challenger. Euronews also described Yotova as the candidate of Bulgaria’s ruling centre-left party, placing the projected result within a broader contest over the country’s political direction.

South China Morning Post characterized Yotova as favoring dialogue with Moscow and opposing military aid to Ukraine. The newspaper also described her as an ally of Prime Minister Rumen Radev. Those descriptions provide the main foreign-policy contrast in the available reporting, but they remain attributed characterizations rather than independently established findings in the supplied evidence.

Turnout was approximately 29%, Euronews reported, adding a measure of caution to any interpretation of the projected mandate. The supplied reports do not provide an official final vote total or certification, so Yotova’s position remains an exit-poll projection until those results are established.