# Bulgaria election exit polls suggest Iliana Yotova will become country’s first elected female president – after she was endorsed by Moscow-friendly party

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/bulgaria-election-exit-polls-suggest-iliana-yotova-will-become-countrys-first-elected-female-president-after-she-was-endorsed-by-moscow-friendly-party/
- Published: 2026-11-01T20:51:17+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-01T21:03:40+00:00
- Original publisher: Daily Mail (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16257073/Bulgaria-election-exit-polls-suggest-Iliana-Yotova-countrys-elected-female-president-endorsed-Moscow-friendly-party.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490
- Topics: Art, Culture, Elections, Government, Politics, World

## Key points

- Exit polls put Iliana Yotova ahead with about 52 per cent.
- She could become Bulgaria’s first elected female president.
- Her win may strengthen the governing majority’s influence.

## Summary

Exit polls suggest Iliana Yotova is set to win Bulgaria’s presidential run-off and become the country’s first elected female president. Her victory would keep the presidency aligned with the governing majority, prompting concerns that concentrated political power could weaken institutional checks and balances.

Yotova received about 52 per cent of the vote, against roughly 44 per cent for pro-Western candidate Andrey Gyurov; official results were expected on Monday. Yotova was endorsed by Prime Minister Rumen Radev’s Moscow-friendly party, which won 131 of Parliament’s 240 seats in April. She has backed Bulgaria’s European path while calling for closer relations with Russia and a diplomatic approach to the war in Ukraine.

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