(14 Nov 2021) A newly founded anti-corruption party appears to be leading in Bulgaria's parliamentary election Sunday, initial exit poll data suggests.
The exit poll conducted by Gallup International showed the centrist We Continue the Change party earning 25.8% of the vote, apparently edging out the center-right opposition GERB party of former Prime Minister Boyko Borissov by more than 2%.
Founded only few weeks ago by two Harvard graduates, Kiril Petkov, 41, and Asen Vasilev, 44, the party has quickly won wide support due to their resolute anti-graft actions and pledges to bring transparency, zero tolerance for corruption and reforms to key sectors in the European Union's poorest member.
After Bulgaria held inconclusive general elections in April and July, many hoped that this third attempt to elect 240 lawmakers would result in a government that can lead the country out of its health and economic crises.
Five other parties are said to have made it into the 240-seat chamber, according to the exit poll.
They include the Socialist Party with 14.4% support, the ethnic Turkish MRF party with 10.2%, the anti-elite There is Such a People party with 8.1 %, the liberal anti-corruption group Democratic Bulgaria with 7%, and the nationalist Revival party with 4.3%.
It could be days before the final official results are announced.
If they confirm the exit poll, Petkov, the leader of the We Continue the Change, will be handed a mandate to form a new government.
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