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Alfa Research: GERB to place first at the upcoming Parliamentary elections

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One month before the Presidential elections, Bulgaria’s head of state Rumen Radev is supported by 42.6% of Bulgarians, followed by Professor Anastas Gerdzhikov-28.1% and Lozan Panov-8.2%, show data of a sociological survey of Alfa Research conducted between October 4 and 10 with own funding. 

As for the forthcoming Parliamentary elections, 23.1% of the respondents said they would vote for GERB. 16.8% would support the Bulgarian Socialist Party and 15.9%- the newly-registered party “We Continue the Change”. The coalition “Democratic Bulgaria” would place 4th with 10.9% of the votes, followed by “There is Such a People” party- 10.4% and the Movement for Rights and Freedoms- 9.3%. The coalition “Stand up BG! We are Coming” remains under the 4% threshold with 3.2% of the votes.




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