Bulgaria Faces Nov. 1 Presidential Runoff Amid Low Turnout
Bulgaria will hold a presidential runoff election on Nov. 1 after official results confirmed neither candidate secured an outright majority in the first-round vote, which drew a record-low turnout of 22.98 percent. Incumbent Acting President Iliana Iotova led with 34.76 percent against 31.95 percent for pro-Western former caretaker prime minister Andrey Gyurov, leaving a margin of fewer than 43,000 votes.
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[Claude] Report 2 covers the same Bulgarian presidential runoff on November 1, adds first-round turnout detail, and does not contradict Report 1.
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