Progressive Bulgaria, the party of Bulgaria’s pro-Russian former President Rumen Radev was leading in Sunday’s parliamentary election with 44.7% of votes, after 91.68% of votes were counted, official results showed.
The performance by the party is better than expected and appears to be one of the largest parliamentary mandates by any party in recent years.
Progressive Bulgaria’s tally put it far ahead of the pro-European We Continue the Change-Democratic Bulgaria (PP-DB) coalition with 14.2%, and the long dominant Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria, or GERB party, led by former Prime Minister Boyko Borissovat, at 13%.
Radev earlier Sunday told reporters he was willing to work with the PP-DB camp to obtain a majority, but was also open to a minority government.
“We are ready to consider different options so that Bulgaria can have a regular and stable government,” he said Sunday.
