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  "id": 17765879,
  "title": "Bulgaria's Iotova wins presidential runoff, near-final results show",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/02/bulgarias-iotova-wins-presidential-runoff-near-final-results-show",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-11-02T06:59:58.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Business Recorder",
    "slug": "business-recorder",
    "url": "https://www.brecorder.com/news/40447025/bulgarias-iotova-wins-presidential-runoff-near-final-results-show"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Bulgaria’s acting President Iliana Iotova won the presidential runoff election, near-final results from the Central Election Commission showed on Monday, becoming the country’s first elected female head of state amid low voter turnout. With 99.95% of precinct protocols processed, the Iotova-Valchev ticket had won 57.58% of the vote, or about 1.1 million ballots, while opponents Andrey Gyurov and…",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Kyiv Independent",
        "title": "Russia-friendly Yotova wins Bulgaria's presidential runoff",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/02/russia-friendly-yotova-wins-bulgarias-presidential-runoff",
        "published": "2026-11-02T07:50:59.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Daily Maverick",
        "title": "Bulgaria’s Iotova wins presidential runoff, near-final results show",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/02/bulgarias-iotova-wins-presidential-runoff-near-final-results-show-17772170",
        "published": "2026-11-02T09:12:52.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}