Center-left coalition wins Bulgaria’s parliamentary election, in loss for center-right GERB party

A center-left coalition has emerged as the clear winner of Bulgaria’s parliamentary election, the country’s central electoral commission said Monday.  

and the pro-Western reformist bloc led by the We Continue the Change party, according to the Associated Press. 

The victorious Progressive Bulgaria coalition is led by ex-president Rumen Radev, and its win ends half a decade of political fragmentation.

With 96% of the ballots counted by early Monday, results showed the Progressive Bulgaria coalition receiving 44.7% of the vote, over 20 percentage points ahead of GERB and We Continue to Change, the wire service also reports.