Bulgarian acting president Iliana Iotova wins run-off election, exit polls show
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Bulgarian President Iliana Iotova won the presidential runoff on Sunday, exit polls showed, putting her on track to become the country's first elected woman president.
Iotova favours dialogue with Moscow, opposes military aid to Ukraine and is an ally of Prime Minister Rumen Radev, from whom she took over the presidency earlier this year.
In last week's first round Iotova took 35% to Gyurov's 32%, a far narrower gap than the 20-point lead opinion polls had predicted.
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