April 2 snap elections: First exit polls by "Alpha Research" at 20.00 - WCC-DB - 26.4%, GERB-UDF - 25.5%, five parties enter next Parliament

First exit polls by "Alpha Research" polling agency, show “We Continue the Change”-"Democraic Bulgaria" and GERB-UDF are in race for the first place in the April 2 general elections.

Bulgaria goes to the polls

The results of the exit polls are as follows:

• “We Continue the Change” – “Democratic Bulgaria” (WCC-DB) - 26.4%
• GERB-UDF - 25.5%
• Movement for Rights and Freedoms (MRF) - 13.9%
• Vazrazhdane - 13.5%
• Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP)- 9.2%

The parties under the 4% electoral threshold:

• “Bulgaria Ascending” - 3.6%
• "There is Such a People” - 3.5%
• “The Left” coalition - 2.0%
• "National Movement for Stability and Progress" (NDSV) - 0.4%

4.0% of the voters marked “I do not support anyone” option on the ballot.

Voter turnout was 40.5%.

The allocation of seats in the next Parliament is as follows:

• "We Continue the Change"- “Democratic Bulgaria” – 71
• GERB-UDF – 69
• Movement for Rights and Freedoms - 38
• "Vazrazhdane" – 37
• Bulgarian Socialist Party - 25