Sofia (EFE).- The first exit polls after the general elections this Sunday in Bulgaria place the reformist and pro-European bloc in first place, with a slight advantage over the conservative populist GERB party.
Four different polls published by televisions give the PP-DB alliance, of former Prime Minister Kiril Petkov, up to 26.9% of the votes, compared to 26.7% of the formation led by also former Prime Minister Boyko Borisov.
Bulgaria, an interim government since July 2022
Today Bulgaria held the fifth elections in two years and if these results are confirmed, the formation of a stable government will once again be very difficult.
Behind the two large blocks stands, as expected, the movement for Rights and Freedoms (DPS), tied with the ultranationalist party Vazrazhdane (Resurrection), both with up to 14.2%.
Fifth, and thus the smallest party in the next Parliament, is the socialist party (ex-communist) BSP, with up to 10.5% of the vote, according to exit polls by the Alpha Research institutes, Market Links , Gallup and Trend.
Three of these four agencies list PP-BD as the winner of the elections, only Market Links places GERB in first place.
Bulgaria has had an interim government since July last year, installed by the president, former pro-Russian general Rumen Radev.
Electoral participation this Sunday was estimated at a scant 40% of the 6.6 million voters, which reflects the citizen’s weariness with the political class after two years of instability.
A complicated government coalition again
Today’s results do not vary much from those obtained in the previous elections, won by GERB, so the formation of a government coalition will once again be very complicated.
The most logical and stable variant would be a cooperation between the two large blocks, although that is ruled out given the enmity between these political formations.
The PP-BD accuses GERB and Borisov of having installed a system of nepotism in the country, close to mafias and economic oligarchies.
Borisov, for his part, accuses the reformers of being responsible for the high inflation that plagues Bulgaria (14% last year) and that is preventing the country from entering the euro zone.
