Bulgarian PM’s party set to win election – exit polls

A woman passes by a poster depicting Bulgarian prime minister Boyko Borisso (Valentina Petrova/AP)

The centre-right GERB party led by Bulgaria’s prime minister appeared to be the likely winner of the country’s parliamentary election after exit polls showed it placing first in a fractured political landscape.

The election was widely seen as a referendum on the country’s long-time leader, Prime Minister Boyko Borissov, after months of anti-government protests and amid a surge in coronavirus infections.