00:00Former Bulgarian President Rumin Radev is projected to win the parliamentary elections,
00:07according to early exit polls. Radev's center-left progressive coalition is expected to secure
00:1337 to 39 percent of the vote. Well ahead of the conservative Djerb party, led by Boyko Borisov,
00:22Bulgarians voted today in their eighth election in just five years. Radev ran on a pledge to
00:29fight corruption after an anti-graft movement triggered a long political crisis. He stepped
00:35down from the presidency in January to leave the movement and has promised to dismantle what he
00:41calls an oligarchic system. In terms of EU policy, Radev opposes sending arms to Ukraine, seeking
00:48closer ties with the Kremlin. The Central Election Commission says turnout reached 34.63 percent by
00:564 p.m. local time, up from the previous election in October 2024. Polls closed at 8 p.m. local
01:04time,
01:05with preliminary results expected on Monday.
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