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Bulgaria's Former President Radev Wins Parliamentary Election, Official Partial Results Show
Published by Global Banking & Finance Review®
Posted on April 20, 2026
1 min readLast updated: April 20, 2026
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Former President Rumen Radev’s Progressive Bulgaria coalition is leading Bulgaria’s April 19 parliamentary elections with approximately 44–45% of the vote, securing a dominant position and heading toward an outright majority.
Former President Radev Leads Bulgaria’s Parliamentary Election With 44.7%
Progressive Bulgaria’s Election Performance
Preliminary Results and Vote Count
SOFIA, April 20 (Reuters) - Progressive Bulgaria, the party of Bulgaria's pro-Russian former President Rumen Radev was leading in Sunday's parliamentary election with 44.7% of votes, after 91.68% of votes were counted, official results showed.
Election Reporting and Sources
(Reporting by Alex Lefkowitz and Ivana Sekularac)
Key Takeaways
- •Progressive Bulgaria, led by Radev, commands nearly 45% of votes counted (~44.5 %), far ahead of rivals, signaling a landslide and potential parliamentary majority (CEC partial results) (sofiaglobe.com)
- •The election marks Bulgaria’s eighth vote in five years amid chronic political instability; Radev’s coalition appears poised to break the deadlock with a potential single-party government (en.wikipedia.org)
- •Opposition parties like We Continue the Change–Democratic Bulgaria and GERB–SDS trail significantly at ~14% and ~13%, respectively, heralding a major realignment in support toward Radev’s Progressive Bulgaria (sofiaglobe.com)
