Bulgarians vote in another election, but end to political deadlock unlikely
Al Jazeera
Opinion polls suggest no single party will win a parliamentary majority and there could be more coalition talks after the seventh vote in four years.
Bulgarians are voting in their country’s seventh snap election in four years, with dim hope of an end to political turmoil that has favoured the country’s far right.
Opinion polls suggest no single party will win a majority in the vote on Sunday, likely ushering in yet more prolonged coalition talks.
Polls will close at 8pm (18:00 GMT), with exit polls due to be announced immediately. The first partial results are expected about midnight (22:00 GMT).
Bulgaria has had a succession of short-lived governments since 2020 when anticorruption protests helped end a coalition led by the centre-right GERB party, which brought down the cabinet of three-time Prime Minister Boyko Borissov.
Six consecutive votes so far have failed to yield a stable government. Sunday’s vote was triggered after an inconclusive June 9 election failed to bring agreement by Bulgaria’s political parties to form a coalition government.
