The first round of the local elections in Bulgaria did not bring any surprises

GERB is likely to have more than 120 or almost half the mayoral seats in all 265 municipalities in Bulgaria

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The Central Electoral Commission published the results of the first-round local elections in the country with 100% tally sheets processed.

9 cities - Vratsa, Montana, Stara Zagora, Burgas, Veliko Tarnovo, Kardzhali, Gabrovo, Kyustendil and Haskovo saw first-round victory of mayors in the local elections.

8 of them are GERB candidates, one is MRF candidate.

In Sofia, Fandakova won the first round with 36.42% or 157 909 votes.

Maya Manolova is second with 27.73%, or 120 233 votes.

The two candidates will go on a run-off on Sunday, November 3.

The candidates for mayors of Plovdiv, Varna, Ruse, Blagoevgrad, Pleven and Pernik are also going to second-round elections on Sunday.

This time, the "gods" of politics did not surprise us.

This is unusual, especially when talking about local elections in Bulgaria.

Political analysis by Plamen Asenov.