Exit polls by Alpha Research at 20:00: GERB and “We Continue the Change” neck-and-neck for first place; Radev and Gerdzhikov will meet in a run-off

First exit polls by Alpha Research polling agency as at 20:00 in November 14 parliamentary elections show centre-rigth GERB and “We Continue the Change” are neck-and-neck for first place.

The results of the exit polls are as follows:

GERB-UDF - 24.8%
“We Continue the Change” - 24.1%
Bulgarian Socialist Party - 13.7%
Movement for Rights and Freedoms - 10.7%
There is Such a People - 9.9%
Democratic Bulgaria - 7.8%

The parties and coalitions below the 4% threshold required for entering Parliament are as follows:

Vazrazhdane - 3.9%
Rise Up, BG! We Are coming. - 2.3%
IMRO - 0.9%
Volya - 0.5%
Ataka - 0.4%
Patriotic Front - 0.3%
I do not support anyone - 0.3%
Other - 0.4%

According to the Alpha Research exit poll results after voting ended at 8pm, Bulgaria’s incumbent President Rumen Radev won the largest share of the vote in the first round of presidential elections on November 14 (49.1%) and the rector of Sofia University, Professor Anastas Gerdzhikov is second with 26.5% of the votes.

Here are the exit polls for the president:

RUMEN RADEV - 49.1%

ANASTAS GERDZHIKOV - 26.5%

MUSTAFA KARADAY - 9.8%

LOZAN PANOV - 4.6%

KOSTADIN KOSTADINOV - 3.4%

LUNA YORDANOVA - 0.8%

VOLEN SIDEROV - 0.7%

GORAN BLAGOEV - 0.6%

MILEN MIHOV - 0.5%

VESELIN MARESHKI - 0.5%

NIKOLAI MALINOV - 0.4%

VALERI SIMEONOV - 0.4%

OTHER - 0.7

"I DO NOT SUPPORT ANYONE" - 2.0%

Apha Research estimated voter turnout at 38.4% in the presidential elections and 38.9% in the parliamentary elections.