A new anti-corruption party surprises the parliamentary elections in Bulgaria.
The victory of the head of state Radew comes as less of a surprise.
The voter interest was quite low.
Sofia - According to initial forecasts, a new anti-corruption party is ahead in the parliamentary elections in Bulgaria.
However, it is neck and neck with the bourgeois GERB party.
Three polling institutes saw the party “We are continuing the change” (PP) on Sunday evening with a good 26 percent of the vote.
The GERB party of Prime Minister Boiko Borissow, who was voted out in April, should come in second with around 23 percent of the vote.
According to the forecasts, a total of seven parties could move into parliament.
Among them is the nationalist and corona-denying party Wasrashdane ("rebirth").
Official interim results are not expected until Monday morning.
The third parliamentary election within a year was necessary because the people's assembly, which was only elected in July, was unable to achieve a majority capable of governing.
Fighting corruption is the main objective
"Bulgaria is embarking on a new path," said the co-chairman of the anti-corruption party PP, Kiril Petkov, on election night.
The graduate of the US elite university Harvard held out the prospect of a coalition government around the new party.
He ruled out a collaboration with Borissows GERB and the Turkish party DPS.
He named the fight against corruption and judicial reform as the main goals.
From May to September Petkov was Minister of Economic Affairs in a transitional cabinet.
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