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There has been a delay on behalf of some sectional electoral commissions in the processing of electoral protocols, CEC spokesman Biser Troyanov has explained. Photo by BGNES
Bulgaria's Central Electoral Commission (CEC) has finally announced the official results from Sunday's presidential election in the country.
CEC was bound to announce the official results within 48 hours of the end of the election day but the statutory deadline expired at 9 p.m. on 25 October.
There has been a delay on behalf of some sectional electoral commissions in the processing of electoral protocols, CEC spokesman Biser Troyanov has explained, as cited by dariknews.bg. The biggest delay has been registered in Sofia's municipal electoral commission.
A total of 1 349 380 people have voted for Rosen Plevneliev, candidate of the ruling centrist-right GERB, and his running mate, Margarita Popova. Ivaylo Kalfin, the presidential bidder endorsed by the left-wing Bulgarian Socialist party, and his running mate, Stefan Danailov, received 974 300 votes.
Bulgaria's former EU Commissioner Meglena Kuneva has gathered the support of 470 808 Bulgarians.
Plevneliev and Kalfin will face each other in the runoff scheduled for Sunday, October 30.
CEC's delay will shorten the time the two candidates will have available to carry out their election campaigns, Biser Troyanov has admitted.
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The chairman of GERB’s Sofia youth organization, Nikola Skorcheliev, accused former Prime Minister Kiril Petkov indirectly of stirring unrest during Monday’s protest
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The Commission for Protection of Personal Data has fined Bulgaria's Foreign Affairs Ministry for making public nearly 37 000 permanent addresses in the country of Bulgarian voters residing abroad.
Bulgaria spared over BGN 8 M in state budget money by carrying out its local and presidential elections on the same date in 2011, the country's Finance Minister Simeon Djankov has stated.
Former Justice Minister Margarita Popova was nominated by the ruling centrist-right party GERB to run for Vice President of Bulgaria in the elections that took place on October 23 2011.
Rosen Plevneliev, former Bulgarian Regional Development Minister, was elected President on the ticket of the ruling, center-right Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria part (GERB) on October 30 2011.
Rosen Plevneliev, Bulgaria's newly elected President, will be officially sworn in on Thursday.
Bulgaria's President-elect and Vice President-elect, Rosen Plevneliev and Margarita Popova, will take the oath of office before the National Assembly on Thursday, January 19.
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