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.
Smatra se da su bivši ministar inostranih poslova Ivajlo Kalfin, kandidat Socijalističke partije, i prva bugarska komesarka u EU Meglena Kuneva, koja učestvuje kao nezavisni kandidat, drugi favoriti u izbornoj trci koji imaju izgleda da uđu u drugi krug 30. oktobra.