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Exacta Survey: GERB-SDS Holds 10% lead over PP-DB, MRF secures third place in electoral attitudes

25.9 per cent of Bulgarians who intend to vote in the June 9 parliamentary elections said they would choose GERB-SDS, compared with 16 per cent for We Continue the Change-Democratic Bulgaria (PP-DB), 14 per cent for the Movement for Rights and Freedoms (MRF), 13.8 per cent for Vazrazhdane, 9.6 per cent for the Bulgarian Socialist Party and  5.2 per cent for There is Such a People (ITN).

78% of the interviewees support the "2 in 1" electoral format proposed for the upcoming elections. The pollsters note that 91% of the interviewees shared that most Bulgarians have expressed their disgust with the recent political events in the country. 

Two-thirds of respondents expect turnout in the upcoming elections to be lower than in the last parliamentary elections in April 2023, when it was around 41%.



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