No clear winner in Bulgaria's general elections

Bulgaria's centra electoral commission says the country's early election has ended without a clear winner

SOFIA, Bulgaria -- Bulgaria’s early election ended without a clear winner, the central electoral commission said on Monday with 95 % of the ballots counted. The center-right GERB party of former prime minister Boyko Borissov has a razor-thin majority over its main contender, the anti-elite There is Such a People party of popular TV entertainer Slavi Trifonov. The GERB party has won 23.91 % of the votes, while Trifonov’s party gained 23.66 %. The remaining 5 percent are votes from abroad who voted mostly for Trifonov in the previous poll. Four more parties have passed the 4% threshold and will enter the 240-seats chamber. In a first reaction to the outcome, Slavi Trifonov said his party will not enter a coalition but will seek to form a minority government after it receives the mandate.