Other key presidential hopefuls include Bulgaria's first EU Commissioner Meglena Kuneva, who is running as an independent candidate and former Foreign Minister Ivaylo Kalfin, who has been nominated for the post by the country's Socialist party.
Drugi ključni predsednički kandidati su prva bugarska komesarka u EU Meglena Kuneva, koja se nadmeće kao nezavisni kandidat, i bivši ministar inostranih poslova Ivajlo Kalfin, koga je za tu funkciju predložila Socijalistička partija.