Bulgaria's Central Election Commission declared Iliana Iotova elected president on Tuesday, according to the commission's decision. Kiril Valchev was declared vice president.

Her name is also spelled Yotova in English.

Iotova and Valchev won 1,093,852 valid votes in the 1 November runoff, the decision says. Andrey Gyurov and Georgi Kandev won 750,251 votes. Another 56,080 voters chose the option saying they backed no one.

That gave Iotova about 57.6% of the vote and Gyurov about 39.5%, Novinite reports. Novinite spells his name Gurov in one report.

All 15 commission members backed the decision, Novinite reports. The decision will be published in the State Gazette, the commission says.

Iotova is the first woman elected to Bulgaria's presidency, Novinite reports. She will be the country's seventh president, it says.

Her new five-year term begins on January 22, 2027, according to Novinite.

Gyurov came first in three electoral districts and won most votes cast by Bulgarians living abroad, Novinite reports, citing early results. Overall turnout was about 27%, it says.

Iotova came first in 28 electoral districts, according to Novinite. Her running mate, Valchev, will serve as vice president.

The decision was adopted on 3 November, the commission says. It covers the two rounds of the vote. In the first round on 25 October, Iotova led with 528,951 votes and Gyurov had 486,232, the decision shows. No one won outright, so the two faced a runoff.

The commission's decision makes the result official two days after the vote.

What we know: Bulgaria's election body has declared Iotova the winner with about 57.6% of the vote.
What we don't: What she will do first when her new term begins.