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Urgent: Exit polls show Socialist-backed candidate wins presidential runoff in Bulgaria

Xinhua, November 14, 2016 Adjust font size:

Rumen Radev, a candidate backed by the Bulgarian Socialist Party, won the presidential runoff in Bulgaria, two exit polls showed on Sunday evening.

According to Alpha Research agency, Radev is expected to have 58.1 percent of the votes against 35.3 percent for the GERB party candidate Tsetska Tsacheva, and 6.6 percent preferred the option "none of the above."

Gallup International anticipated 58.5 percent for Radev, 35.7 percent for Tsacheva, and 5.8 percent "none of the above." Endit