With a sweeping victory and a clear majority for former President Rumen Radev and diminished support for established parties, the result of Bulgaria 's eighth parliamentary election in five years is set to redraw the country's political map. Defying pre-election polls that predicted yet another potential coalition government, Rumen Radev's Progressive Bulgaria stands at 44.7% of the vote, with 96% of the ballots officially counted. This would give the party an absolute majority in parliament —