The center-right party of former Prime Minister Boiko Borisov has fallen far short of winning a majority needed to form a government, according to nearly final election results released on Monday, and appears to have no willing partners to join a coalition.
That would leave the second-place party in position to lead a new government. Borisov's Citizens for Bulgaria's European Development party amassed the most votes with 30.7 percent, followed by the opposition Socialists with 27 percent with 96 percent of the ballots counted.
Results published by the Central Election Commission showed that two more parties will enter Parliament — the mainly Turkish MRF party with 10.7 percent and the nationalist Ataka party with 7.4 percent.
Borisov led his party to victory in 2009 with just under 40 percent of the vote and headed a minority government, but resigned as prime minister in February amid sometimes violent protests against poverty, high utility bills and corruption.
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