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According to the latest exit polls, the incumbent mayors of the cities of Ruse, Stara Zagora and Veliko Tarnovo were all reelected at the first round of the local elections, which were held in Bulgaria on Sunday.
Plamen Stoilov, the incumbent mayor of Ruse and candidate of the largest ruling party GERB, was reelected with 51 % of the votes.
In the city of Stara Zagora, the incumbent mayor and GERB candidate Zhivko Todorv was convincingly reelected to a second term with 75.1 % of the votes.
Daniel Panov, the incumbent mayor of Veliko Tarnovo and candidate of GERB, was reelected to a second term with 57 % of the votes.
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"Everyone wants positions – in regulatory bodies and ministries," he emphasized.
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