site.btaBulgarian Elections Abroad: Balkans

Turkiye

By unofficial data of expatriate organizations, as at 4 p.m. local time, some 10,000 Bulgarian citizens have cast their votes in a total of 51 polling stations in Istanbul (Turkiye) at the October 27 snap parliamentary elections. The voting process in Istanbul is more active in the afternoon hours on Sunday, BTA learned.

In the Turkish capital Ankara, some 250 Bulgarian citizens have voted as at 2 p.m. local time in the only polling station in the metropolitan district of Pursaklar, polling station staff members told BTA.

Serbia

The election day in the four polling stations in Serbia (Belgrade, Nis, Tsaribrod and Bosilegrad) proceeds normally. As at 2 p.m. local time, a total of 85 Bulgarian citizens have exercised their right to vote in Belgrade, 63 in Nis, 124 in Bosilegrad, and more than 390 in Tsaribrod, where traditionally many Bulgarians vote.

The Republic of North Macedonia

The voter turnout in North Macedonia is relatively low as at 4 p.m. In the polling station in Prilep, a total of 40 citizens went to cast their votes. A total of 120 Bulgarians have voted in the polling station at the Bulgarian Embassy in Skopje. Another 31 voted in Bitola, 44 in Ohrid, and 33 in Strumica.

Croatia

In the only polling station in Zagreb, the election day proceeds calmly. As at 2 p.m., most of the voters were young people, mostly Bulgarians residing temporarily in Croatia under the Erasmus student exchange programme.