The presidential race in Bulgaria will go to a runoff after record low voter turnout, according to the PBS NewsHour report. The outlet reported that Andrey Gyurov, the candidate of the pro-Western reformist opposition, will face the incumbent leftist president, Iliana Yotova, in the runoff.
PBS NewsHour described Gyurov's showing as a "surprisingly strong performance" for the opposition. The report's summary frames the contest as one in which the two candidates stand on opposite sides of the country's direction, with the runoff setting clear lines of division over Bulgaria's future relationships with other nations.
The summary does not say which nations are involved or spell out the specific positions each candidate holds on those relationships. It also does not give the runoff date, the turnout figure, or vote totals for either candidate, so this account does not report those details.
The headline attributes the runoff to record low turnout, and the summary offers no further explanation of why turnout fell so sharply. The PBS NewsHour listing credits the Associated Press as the author of the report.
The pairing of a pro-Western reformist opposition candidate and an incumbent leftist president is presented in the report as the defining feature of the contest. The summary does not describe campaign events, statements from either candidate, or reactions from officials. Because the material available for this story consists of a headline and a summary, this account draws only on those elements and does not add information from other reporting.
Sources: PBS NewsHour: Presidential race in Bulgaria heads to runoff due to record low turnout.