The current president of Bulgaria Ilyana Yutova is leading in the elections, but there will be a second round according to the exit poll of the Alpha Research Agency, Ilyana Yutova received 35.3% of the votes, and her main competitor, Andrey Girov, received 32.4%. Since none of the candidates receives enough votes to win the first round, the second round of the election must take place on November 1.