Bulgaria Election: Former President Radev Secures a Landslide Victory

Sunday, Apr 19, 2026

Der Standard

Former President Radev wins Bulgarian parliamentary elections with a clear lead, aiming for an absolute majority.

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Former President Rumen Radev’s Progressive Bulgaria coalition won the Bulgarian parliamentary elections with a significant lead, and polls suggest he will achieve an absolute majority. According to several polling institutes, his party received around 45 percent of the votes, while GERB garnered twelve percent and the reform alliance PP-DB also received about twelve percent.

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