A total of 1,282,848 people had voted by 4pm in the second round of Bulgaria's presidential and vice-presidential election, Central Election Commission (CEC) spokeswoman Stoyanka Balova told a briefing. Turnout in Bulgaria and abroad stands at 19.33%.

A week ago, on 25 October, none of the 27 presidential tickets won enough support to take the race outright, so the contest went to today's run-off.

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At the same hour in the first round, turnout was lower, at 15.95%. Balova said the gap is close to 3.5 percentage points. Turnout is highest in Sofia's 23rd district, at 29.21%, and lowest in Kardzhali, at 9.84%.

Machine voting has been stopped in 21 polling stations. In 13 of them, people are voting with paper ballots. In eight, a second machine is working, as those stations have two. No station has had a machine stopped because of a power cut.

Balova said the CEC has no information about power cuts and has received no reports of them so far. Where such problems came up, extra batteries and generators were supplied, she added.

The regional election commission in Shumen reported that receipts for machine voting were found with the chair of a polling station commission. A check is under way, and police and prosecutors are expected to come to the site.

Most of the 56 reports to the CEC are about campaigning and opinion polls on election day. Balova reminded the media that they may not publish any polling on the vote from 24 hours before election day until voting ends. Another report says live results were posted on a media outlet's YouTube channel, and the commission has sent it another letter.

The report from Germany is about unethical behaviour by a member of a polling station commission. Balova said it involves personal relations and the CEC cannot take a position.

The CEC will announce final results within three days of election day. They must be published in the State Gazette no later than seven days after.