This was the eighth election in five years in the Balkan country, with around 6.5 million inhabitants
The party of Bulgaria’s former pro-Russian president Rumen Radev is expected to win this Sunday’s parliamentary vote, according to exit polls, after campaigning to end corruption and put an end to a spiral of weak and short-lived governments, although at the moment he needs coalition partners to have a majority government.
The exit poll conducted by Sofia-based Alpha Research showed that Radev’s Progressive Bulgaria has 37.5%, far ahead of the GERB party led by former prime minister Boyko Borissov, which is in second place with 16.2%.
Radev, a Eurosceptic former fighter pilot who opposes military support for Ukraine against Moscow, resigned as president in January to run in the election, which comes after mass protests forced out the previous government in December.
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It was the eighth election in five years in the Balkan country of about 6.5 million people, where voters are tired of a small group of veteran politicians widely seen as corrupt.
