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UNBELIEVABLE: Centre right gerb party leads in bulgaria election partial results - The Untold Story

FILE PHOTO: Boyko Borissov, leader of the centre-right GERB party, speaks to the media, during a general election, at a polling station in Sofia, Bulgaria, October 2, 2022. REUTERS/Spasiyana Sergieva

Bulgaria's centre-right GERB party of former long-serving Prime Minister Boyko Borissov is set to win Sunday's election, the fourth in less than two years, partial results showed, but its chances of forming a coalition government remain unclear.

With 99% of the ballots counted, partial official results showed GERB winning with 25.4%. Its main rival, the reformist We Continue the Change of Kiril Petkov, whose coalition cabinet collapsed in June, came second with 20.2%.

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