Former Foreign Minister Ivaylo Kalfin, the Socialist party's candidate, and Bulgaria's first EU Commissioner Meglena Kuneva, who is running as an independent, are viewed as the other front-runners in the race with chances of making it to the October 30th runoff.
Bivši ministar vanjskih poslova Ivaylo Kalfin, kandidat Socijalističke stranke, i prva bugarska povjerenica u EU Meglena Kuneva, koja sudjeluje kao neovisni kandidat, smatraju se drugim favoritima u izbornoj utrci koji imaju izgleda ući u drugi krug 30. listopada.