保加利亚人将于周日重返投票站，在代理总统伊利安娜·约托娃与前看守总理安德烈·久罗夫之间举行的第二轮决选里选举总统，此前两人均未能在首轮投票中获得多数票。
Bulgarians will return to the polls Sunday to elect their president in a runoff between acting President Iliana Yotova and former caretaker Prime Minister Andrey Gyurov after neither candidate secured a majority in the first round.
根据中央选举委员会的数据，约托娃及其竞选搭档基里尔·瓦尔切夫获得了34.8%的选票，而久罗夫和格奥尔基·坎德夫则获得了32%的选票。
Yotova and her running mate, Kiril Valchev, received 34.8% of the vote, while Gyurov and Georgi Kandev secured 32%, according to the Central Election Commission.
10月25日投票的投票率约为22.5%，创下了该国后共产主义历史上的最低记录。共有27名候选人参加了第一轮角逐。
Turnout in the Oct. 25 vote stood at around 22.5%, the lowest recorded in the country's post-communist history. A total of 27 candidates contested the first round.
根据选举规则，候选人必须获得超过一半的有效选票，且投票率超过登记选民的50%，才能在第一轮中获胜。如果未能满足这些条件，得票领先的两名候选人将进入第二轮决选。
A candidate must receive more than half of the valid votes, with turnout exceeding 50% of registered voters, to win in the first round under electoral rules. If those conditions are not met, the two leading candidates advance to a runoff.
此次选举正值保加利亚政局不稳之际，自2021年4月以来，该国已举行了八次议会选举，其中包括七次提前选举。
The vote comes amid political instability in Bulgaria, which has held eight parliamentary elections since April 2021, including seven early elections.
这些反复举行的议会选举是因为各政党在争取组建稳定政府所需的支持时遇到了困难。
The repeated parliamentary votes followed difficulties among political parties in securing the support needed to form stable governments.
对联盟安排的分歧导致建立常规政府的连续尝试接连失败，从而产生了看守内阁并引发了进一步的提前选举。
Disagreements over coalition arrangements led to the collapse of successive attempts to establish regular governments, resulting in caretaker Cabinets and further early elections.
在4月举行的最新一次议会选举中，由前总统鲁门·拉德夫领导的“进步保加利亚”赢得了国民议会240个席位中的131个，使该党获得了绝对多数。
The latest parliamentary election, held in April, saw Progressive Bulgaria, led by former President Rumen Radev, win 131 of the National Assembly's 240 seats, giving the party an outright majority.
曾担任拉德夫副总统的约托娃在拉德夫于1月辞职后接任总统职务。在拉德夫的“进步保加利亚”党支持下，她正竞选一个完整的总统任期。
Yotova, who served as Radev's vice president, assumed the presidency after he resigned in January. Backed by Radev's Progressive Bulgaria party, she is seeking a full presidential mandate.
若获胜，约托娃将成为保加利亚首位当选的女总统，其职责包括代表国家、担任武装部队总司令以及对立法行使否决权。
A victory would make Yotova Bulgaria's first elected female president, whose duties include representing the country, serving as commander-in-chief of the armed forces and exercising a veto on legislation.
格尤罗夫是一位经济学家，曾任保加利亚国家银行副行长，在四月的议会选举前曾担任看守总理。他获得反对党支持。
Gyurov, an economist and former deputy governor of the Bulgarian National Bank, served as caretaker prime minister before the parliamentary elections in April. He is backed by opposition parties.
竞选期间围绕保加利亚的外交政策及其与俄罗斯、乌克兰和西方盟友的关系展开了辩论。
The campaign has included debate about Bulgaria's foreign policy and its relations with Russia, Ukraine and Western allies.
投票站定于当地时间上午7点（格林威治标准时间0500）开放，下午8点（格林威治标准时间1800）关闭。
Polling stations are scheduled to open at 7 am (0500GMT) and close at 8 pm (1800GMT).