WORLD : It’s Official: Bulgaria Reds Won
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SOFIA, Bulgaria — Bulgaria’s former Communist rulers were officially declared winners today of the country’s first free parliamentary election in more than four decades.
A final count by the Central Electoral Commission overseeing polls for a new 400-seat National Assembly gave the ruling Bulgarian Socialist Party, formerly the Communist Party, 47.15% of the first-round national vote last Sunday.
The opposition Union of Democratic Forces got 36.2%.
A runoff election Sunday will decide allocation of remaining single-constituency seats, but the final result is no longer in doubt. The Socialists have won 75 of these and the UDF 32.
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