Boyko Borisov leaves the polling station in the city of Bankya after voting in the parliamentary elections in Bulgaria. File photoMOSCOW, Oct 3The 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 51.94% of protocols. The coalition of GERB and the Union of Democratic forces» (SDS) is gaining 25.64% of the vote. The second position with 20.87% of the votes is occupied 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.
