Election day in Bulgaria's presidential and vice-presidential run-off closed at 9pm, Central Election Commission (CEC) chair Georgi Horozov said. He spoke at a session the commission streamed online.

By 4pm, 1,282,848 people had voted in Bulgaria and abroad, or 19.33%. At the same time in the first round, turnout was 15.95%. CEC spokeswoman Stoyanka Balova gave the figures earlier at a briefing. She said turnout in the run-off was almost 3.5 percentage points higher.

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The CEC must announce the final results within 3 days of election day. They must be published in the State Gazette within 7 days.