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Presidential elections are scheduled to be held in Bulgaria on 25 October 2026. Incumbent president Iliana Iotova is eligible and has declared her intention to run for a full term.
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Presidential elections were held in Bulgaria on 25 October 2026, with a second round held on 1 November 2026 after no candidate received a majority of the vote in the first round. Incumbent president Iliana Iotova was eligible to run for a full 5 year term. In the end, she won the election with 57.6% of the votes against Andrey Gurov's 39.5%. She became the first woman elected president of Bulgaria.
In the first round, Iotova won 35% of the vote, with former Prime Minister Andrey Gurov winning 32%. As no candidate won a majority of the votes, a runoff election was held on 1 November between them. The first round saw the lowest voter turnout in Bulgarian history, which observers attributed to distrust in the government and widespread political apathy. Gyurov conceded to Iotova after polls for the second round closed.
The president of Bulgaria is elected through a two-round system; if no candidate receives a majority of the vote in the first round or a candidate receives a majority of the vote but voter turnout is below 50%, a second round run-off is held between the top two candidates. No candidate has ever won in the first round. Since 2016, a none of the above option is also present on the ballot. In order to stand as a candidate, a person must be a Bulgarian citizen holding no other nationality, be at least 40 years of age by election day and have resided in the country for the previous five years.
Former presidents Georgi Parvanov and Rumen Radev (now Prime Minister) are ineligible to be elected to a third term, as the Bulgarian Constitution prohibits any person from being elected as president more than twice.
The election took place after drone attacks on Bulgarian ships in the Black Sea, whose source is not yet established but is suspected to originate from Russia. Political analysts consider incumbent president Iliana Iotova a more pro-Russian or pro-neutrality candidate, while challenger Andrey Gurov is considered more pro-Ukrainian.
The Party of European Socialists publicly supported Iliana Iotova's candidacy, which drew criticism from the European Democrats over her lack of support for military assistance towards Ukraine.
Ten parties and 27 initiative committees submitted documents to participate in the elections for President and Vice President of the Republic on October 25, 2026. One party was denied registration, while another withdrew its registration. Three initiative committees were also denied registration. Consequently, a total of 32 participants remained registered: 8 parties and 25 initiative committees. Of these, one party and three initiative committees did not nominate candidate pairs and one initiative committee was canceled by CEC; ultimately, 27 candidate pairs remained registered and participated in the draw to determine their ballot numbers on the unified ballot. A complete list of independent candidates and parties registered to contest in the election is presented below:
The following notable individuals publicly denied interest in running:
The following participants register with the CEC to take part in the presidential and vice-presidential elections but do not nominate a candidate pair by the deadline of September 22, 2026.
After the first round of the election, multiple parties expressed positions about the second round.
The opinion poll results were recalculated from the original data by excluding undecided and non-voters.
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