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Bulgaria heads to presidential runoff after close vote
📍 Bulgaria, BG·🕐 11h ago
SOFIA, Oct 26 - Bulgaria will head to a runoff vote on November 1 after a tight race between the two leading presidential candidates failed to produce an outright winner in Sunday's elections, which garnered record-low participation, official results showed.
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[Claude] Report 2 concerns Brazil's runoff, a separate election, while Reports 3 and 4 cover the same Bulgarian presidential vote and runoff with consistent facts.
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