Go to Media BankBulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov. File photoMOSCOW, Oct. 3 The party of former Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov, GERB, is leading in the country's early parliamentary elections, according to data from the Bulgarian CEC after processing 24.29% of protocols. The coalition of GERB and the Union of Democratic forces» (SDS) is gaining 25.36% of the vote. The second position with 21.61% of the vote is taken by the party of the resigned Prime Minister Kiril Petkov, «Continue Changes». As a result of the government crisis, the Cabinet of Ministers headed by Petkov resigned at the end of June. Attempts to form a new government ended in failure. In Bulgaria, early parliamentary elections were held three times in 2021 due to the impossibility of forming a government based on their results. It was only after the elections in November that the politicians managed to form a government coalition.
