🗳🇧🇬 PARTICIPATION UPDATE: The Central Election Commission announced that 12.12% of activity is already registered by 11:00 AM, compared to 9.55% in the 27.10.2024 elections.

ℹ️ Information reported by our source in Bulgaria.

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—🗳🇧🇬/🇺🇸/🇷🇺 ANALYSIS: Rumen Radev is seen by many as a leader respected by Trump and a NATO general, but also respected by Moscow.

➡️ This gives Bulgaria a unique position of neutrality where, supposedly, Bulgarian national interests are the priority.

➡️ However, one must wait to be sure of his real ambitions. He hasn't announced them, so he has room to negotiate with everyone to form a government.

ℹ️ Analysis provided by our source in Bulgaria.

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—🗳🇧🇬 PARTICIPATION UPDATE: Agency "МЯРА" has announced 23,6% vote activity by 13:00 PM.

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—❗️🗳🇧🇬 Rumen Radev: Bulgaria has the historical opportunity to break the Borisov-Peevski model.

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—🗳🇧🇬 NEW: 103-year-old man exercising his right to vote via mobile ballot in Yambol district.

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—🗳🇧🇬 Key positions of each major party in Bulgaria

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—❗️🗳🇧🇬 NEW: The Ministry of Interior received 181 reports of election violations by 2 p.m.

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—🗳🇧🇬 26,9% vote activity by 2 P.M.

➡️ Most people end their morning shifts at 17 p.m. so we are expecting a rise in the activity.

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🗳🇧🇬 NEW: Over €1,200,000 confiscated and over 370 detained as a result of the Ministry of Interior's actions against vote buying.

➡️ "At 20:01 on election day, I will announce who the champions are and who won Bronze, Silver, and Gold medals for buying votes," announced Interior Minister Emil Dechev.

➡️ He also mentioned "surprises from the Ministry of Interior for those who haven't listened to our advice" to stop activities related to vote buying.

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—🗳🇧🇬 NEW: Central Election Commission has officially announced 34,63% by 16:00.

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—❗️🇦🇱/🇽🇰 UNCONFIRMED: Albania and Kosovo might be about to establish a joint Ministry of Defense.

➡️ This claim is circulating on social media but so far lacks any primary‑source confirmation.

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—🗳🇧🇬 NEW: The sections for voting close at 20:00 but is possible that the voting will continue till 21:00 because of the big queues of people.

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—🗳🇧🇬 NEW: "Alfa Research" and "Market Links" estimate almost 50% of vote activity, a real achievement if true.

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—❗️🗳🇧🇬 Exitpolls data from "Trend"

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—🗳🇧🇬 Rumen Radev as the Exit polls are coming out: We will look in the same direction with the PP-DB for the election of a new Supreme Judicial Council.

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—🗳🇧🇬 Andrey Gyurov the intern prime minister of Bulgaria:

The Ministry of Interior knows about at least 50 people with immunity and in the voting lists, with readiness to go (in the final hours) and buy votes, to manipulate the final results of the election.

➡️ They are probably active politicians form the last parliament, still with parliamentary immunity.

➡️ They are all under investigation and surveillance.

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—❗️🗳🇧🇬 URGENT: The Minister of Interior Emil Dechev announced in a press conference the following distribution of signals for alleged election crimes in favor of political forces:

631 signals - DPS "New Beginning"
318 - GERB
18 - "Revival"
16 - "Progressive Bulgaria"
13 - BSP
11 - "We continue the change - Democratic Bulgaria"
7 - "Velichye"
4 - ITN
2 - "MECH"

➡️ According to Dechev, there are also many signals without a specific political force.

➡️ A total of 614 pre-trial proceedings have been initiated for crimes against the political rights of citizens.

➡️ This is 5.5 times more than in the 2024 elections.

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—🗳🇧🇬 Market Links projection (50%): PB approaches 40% and widens its lead.

⚪️ PB (centre-left) 39.1%
🔵 GERB-SDS (centre-right) 15.6%
🟣 PP-DB (liberal/centre) 13.4%
🔷 DPS (liberal/minorities) 7.5%
🟡 Revival (radical right) 5.1%
🔴 BSP (left) 3.7%
🟠 Sianie (populist) 3.4%
⚫️ MECh (protest) 3.3%
🟤 Velichie (nationalist) 3.1%
🔹 ITN (populist) 2.0%
🔸 APS (minority) 1.3%

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—❗️🗳🇧🇬 URGENT: According to Market Links' rapid count (70%), PB landslides with over 45% and could approach an absolute majority.

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