SOFIA, November 1. /TASS/. Bulgaria’s incumbent President Iliana Iotova is winning in the runoff presidential election.

According to exit polls conducted by the Alpha Research and Myara pollsters and cited by the Bulgarian National Television, Iotova was supported by 51% of voters while her rival, the opposition-backed former prime minister of the technical government Andrey Gyurov, is winning around 44.7%. As many as 4.3% of those who took part in the election voted against all.

According to the exit polls, voter turnout was around 26.8%. Voter turnout in the first round of voting was 22.98%.

According to the country’s interior ministry, no serious violations were reported during the voting.

A winning candidate needs to garner a simple majority of votes.