{"id":1886,"date":"2026-10-26T08:11:01","date_gmt":"2026-10-26T06:11:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/5000.news\/?p=1886"},"modified":"2026-10-27T09:49:50","modified_gmt":"2026-10-27T07:49:50","slug":"cik-veliko-tarnovo-rezultati-prezidentski-izbori-26-oktomvri-2026-0600","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/5000.news\/en\/cik-veliko-tarnovo-rezultati-prezidentski-izbori-26-oktomvri-2026-0600\/","title":{"rendered":"CEC: Yotova leads Veliko Tarnovo Province with 39.64% after 100% of protocols processed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The ticket headed by Iliyana Yotova and Kiril Valchev received the most votes in Veliko Tarnovo Province in the first round of Bulgaria's presidential election on 25 October 2026.<\/strong> According to the Central Election Commission's (CEC) official online results, by 6:00 a.m. on 26 October it had processed <strong>100% of the polling station protocols submitted to the regional election commission<\/strong> for the province.<\/p>\n<h2>Results in Veliko Tarnovo Province<\/h2>\n<p>Yotova and Valchev received <strong>17,530 votes, or 39.638%<\/strong> of the valid votes counted. Andrey Gyurov and Georgi Kandev received <strong>10,140 votes (22.928%)<\/strong>, while Kostadin Kostadinov and Petar Volgin were third with <strong>6,620 votes (14.969%)<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>They were followed by Ivelin Mihaylov and Yuliana Mateeva with 2,682 votes (6.064%) and Radostin Vasilev and Krasimir Manov with 1,880 votes (4.251%). The 'None of the above' option received 1,931 votes (4.366%).<\/p>\n<h2>What 100% of protocols processed means<\/h2>\n<p>This represents <strong>the full set of polling station protocols entered for the province<\/strong> as of the stated time, but it should not be confused with a legally final and formally declared election result. The election authorities must still complete the prescribed verification and certification procedures. These percentages reflect votes for candidates and the 'None of the above' option, not voter turnout.<\/p>\n<p>Veliko Tarnovo Province's results differ from the national picture, so regional percentages should not be treated as nationwide results. This article reports the precise snapshot published by the CEC at 6:00 a.m. on 26 October.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/results.cik.bg\/pvr202610\/rezultati\/04.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CEC \u2014 official results for Veliko Tarnovo Province as of 6:00 a.m. on 26 October 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Photo: Element5 Digital \/ Unsplash (Unsplash License). Illustrative image of voting documents, not from the 2026 presidential election in Veliko Tarnovo Province.<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With all polling station protocols processed in Veliko Tarnovo Province, Yotova and Valchev have 39.638% and Gyurov and Kandev 22.928%, according to the CEC's 6:00 a.m. report.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1882,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[2,3,37],"tags":[16],"class_list":["post-1886","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-veliko-tarnovo","category-oblastta","category-politika","tag-aktualno"],"blocksy_meta":{"styles_descriptor":{"styles":{"desktop":"","tablet":"","mobile":""},"google_fonts":[],"version":8}},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/5000.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/\u0418\u0437\u0431\u043e\u0440\u043d\u0438-\u0434\u043e\u043a\u0443\u043c\u0435\u043d\u0442\u0438-\u2014-Element5-Digital-Unsplash.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/5000.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1886","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/5000.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/5000.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/5000.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/5000.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1886"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/5000.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1886\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1893,"href":"https:\/\/5000.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1886\/revisions\/1893"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/5000.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1882"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/5000.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1886"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/5000.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1886"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/5000.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1886"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}