(26 Mar 2017) The leader of Bulgaria's Socialists Party conceded defeat on Sunday night, as exit polls showed the centre-right GERB party of former Prime Minister Boiko Borisov took the lead in the parliamentary election.
Kornelia Ninova, leader of Bulgarian Socialist Party, held a news conference in Sofia on Sunday night, thanking their supporters despite the apparent defeat.
She then went on to say that the Socialist Party would not consider forming a coalition with GERB.
The Alpha Research exit poll said GERB won 32.2 percent of the vote, with the Socialist Party coming in second with 28 percent, while a separate exit poll by Gallup International Balkan had GERB with 32.8 percent and the Socialists with 28.4 percent.
Official results are expected Monday.
If they confirm the exit polls, Borisov, a political maverick who combines man-in-the-street rhetoric with a pro-European Union disposition, will be handed a mandate to form his third cabinet.
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