Ileana Yutova and Kirill Valchev are leading in the presidential and vice presidential elections in Bulgaria after 17.86% of the ballots were counted according to the CEC data, Yutova and Valchev are winning 35.5%. In second place are Andrey Girov and Georgi Kandev with 30.5%. Kostadin Kostadinov, together with Petr Volgin, receives 13.5% of the votes. There are 27 pairs of candidates for the positions of president and vice president in the current elections. The candidates were proposed by seven parties and 20 initiative committees. According to polls, the main fight will be between the current interim president Iliana Yutova (Bulgarian Socialist Party) with Kirill Velchev and the non-party Andrey Girov with Georgi Knadev. Photo: EPA.