Exit polls put Rumen Radev’s new, left-leaning, pro-Russian party far ahead following Bulgaria’s eighth

Bulgaria, the EU’s poorest member, has been gripped by a political crisis since 2021, when the conservative government of Boyko Borissov was toppled, also amid anti-corruption rallies.

The Sunday vote marks the eighth election in five years. Many hope that the outcome will put an end to the political impasse that has long dogged the country.