Bulgarian voters began casting ballots on Sunday in a presidential runoff between Iliana Yotova, described as the incumbent president, and Andrey Gyurov, described in the report as a former prime minister, for a five-year term.

According to the figures provided, Yotova led the October 25 first round with 34.76% of the vote, compared with Gyurov’s 31.95%.

Polling stations were scheduled to close at 8 p.m. local time, with a possible one-hour extension.

Approximately 6.58 million voters were registered, while turnout in the first round stood at 22.98%.