Event · 📍 Bulgaria · first report 01 Nov 2026, 07:00 UTC · latest 02 Nov 2026, 20:44 UTC

Bulgaria set to elect its first female president as Russia-friendly Iliana Yotova wins runoff

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01 Nov 2026, 07:00 UTC First report: Deutsche Welle
01 Nov 2026, 09:21 UTC New independent origin: agency Reuters
01 Nov 2026, 09:21 UTC First report from United Kingdom / global (Reuters (über Google News))
01 Nov 2026, 18:59 UTC New independent origin: Euronews
01 Nov 2026, 18:59 UTC First report from European Union / global (Euronews)
01 Nov 2026, 19:08 UTC New independent origin: agency TASS
01 Nov 2026, 19:08 UTC First report from Russia / global (TASS)
01 Nov 2026, 20:43 UTC New independent origin: Al Jazeera English
01 Nov 2026, 20:43 UTC First report from Qatar / global (Al Jazeera English)
02 Nov 2026, 07:50 UTC New independent origin: The Kyiv Independent
02 Nov 2026, 07:50 UTC First report from Ukraine (The Kyiv Independent)
02 Nov 2026, 08:39 UTC New independent origin: Daily Maverick
02 Nov 2026, 08:39 UTC First report from South Africa (Daily Maverick)
02 Nov 2026, 09:40 UTC New independent origin: agency AP
02 Nov 2026, 09:40 UTC First report from United States / global (Associated Press (AP) (über Google News))
02 Nov 2026, 09:40 UTC First report from Latvia / Russia (Exil) (Meduza (English))
02 Nov 2026, 11:29 UTC New independent origin: France 24
02 Nov 2026, 20:44 UTC New independent origin: PBS NewsHour

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Al Jazeera English 01 Nov 2026, 20:43 UTC
Bulgaria’s acting President Iotova leads in run-off exit polls
Iliana Iotova would become the nation’s first elected female president if results confirm her win on Monday.
Al Jazeera English 02 Nov 2026, 04:25 UTC
Bulgaria has its first elected female president
Iliana Iotova has won Bulgaria’s presidential runoff, becoming the country’s first elected female president.

France 24 02 Nov 2026, 11:29 UTC
'Consolidation of power': Bulgaria elects Iliana Iotova as first woman president
PRESS REVIEW – Monday, November 2: Bulgarian papers discuss the country's new president. In Belarus, some political prisoners are held in psychiatric wards instead of prisons. Also: Hitler's Eagle's Nest burned down. Will it be rebuilt and should it? Finally, the queen of …
France 24 02 Nov 2026, 11:40 UTC
Bulgaria's Iotova wins presidential runoff vote amid Black Sea security fears
Bulgaria's President Iliana Iotova, who favours dialogue with Moscow and opposes military aid to Ukraine, won a presidential runoff vote on Sunday. The race for the largely ceremonial post came against a backdrop of a series of drone attacks on commercial vessels in the Black …

Deutsche Welle 01 Nov 2026, 07:00 UTC
Bulgaria's Yotova secures decisive win in presidential runoff
Acting President Iliana Yotova is all set to become Bulgaria's first elected female head of state after decisively winning the presidential election runoff.

Reuters (über Google News) 01 Nov 2026, 09:21 UTC
Bulgaria votes in presidential runoff after tight first round
Bulgaria votes in presidential runoff after tight first round CNA

Euronews 01 Nov 2026, 18:59 UTC
Bulgaria's acting President Yotova leads in exit polls of runoff election
According to the exit polls, the candidate from the ruling centre-left party is set to win 52 per cent of the vote in the run-off election in Bulgaria. Her pro-Western challenger, Andrey Gyurov, trails by a considerable margin. Voter turnout stood at just 29 per cent.

TASS state-run 01 Nov 2026, 19:08 UTC
Iliana Iotova winning runoff presidential election in Bulgaria — exit poll
According to exit polls conducted by the Alpha Research and Myara pollsters and cited by the Bulgarian National Television, Iotova was supported by 51% of voters while her rival, the opposition-backed former prime minister of the technical government Andrey Gyurov, is winning …

The Kyiv Independent 02 Nov 2026, 07:50 UTC
Russia-friendly Yotova wins Bulgaria's presidential runoff
Iliana Yotova, who opposes military aid for Ukraine and calls for a dialogue with Moscow, won 57.58% of the Nov. 1 vote, with 99.95% of the polling station protocols processed.

Daily Maverick 02 Nov 2026, 08:39 UTC
Bulgaria’s Iotova wins presidential runoff, near-final results show
Bulgaria's acting President Iliana Iotova won the presidential runoff election, near-final results from the Central Election Commission showed on Monday, becoming the country's first elected female head of state amid low voter turnout.

Associated Press (AP) (über Google News) 02 Nov 2026, 09:40 UTC
Bulgaria set to elect its first female president as Russia-friendly Iliana Yotova wins runoff
Bulgaria set to elect its first female president as Russia-friendly Iliana Yotova wins runoff Meduza

Meduza (English) 02 Nov 2026, 09:40 UTC
Bulgaria set to elect its first female president as Russia-friendly Iliana Yotova wins runoff
Bulgaria’s acting president, Iliana Yotova, won the second round of the country’s presidential election on November 1.

PBS NewsHour 02 Nov 2026, 20:44 UTC
Initial results suggest Iliana Yotova wins runoff to become Bulgaria's 1st elected female president
Former interim Prime Minister Andrey Gyurov conceded defeat.