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Exit polls in early general elections held amid political turmoil in the crisis-hit EU state indicate a comfortable lead for the centre-right Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria, GERB.

A total of 77,059 voters have cast ballots in polling stations abroad in Bulgaria's early parliamentary elections by 7 pm Sofia time on Sunday.

Nearly half of them, 38 766, voted in Turkey, the Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

A parallel vote tabulation of 50% of the votes, done by the Alpha research agency shows that eight parties and coalitions will enter Bulgaria's Parliament.

The same number of parties enters Parliament, according to a parallel vote tabulation of 80% of the votes, done by Gallup.

NOVI SAD - Members and supporters of the Vojvodina's Party and the Vojvodina Club held Sunday in Novi Sad the 'Walk for Vojvodina', on the occasion of 26 years since the 'anti-bureaucratic revolution' which, after months of protests, toppled the then government of the Serbian Autonomous Province of Vojvodina.

Bulgaria's Reformist Bloc (RB) will support policies rather than parties or their leaders in possible talks on entering a government coalition, a leading RB member said on Sunday.

Bulgaria held early parliamentrary elections on Sunday, in which centre-right GERB party led by former Prime Minister Boyko Borisov won most votes but remained short of overall majority.

An exit poll of the Gallup agency as of 7 PM, shows that in next Bulgarian Parliament will sit representatives of 8 parties and coalitions.

Boyko Borisov, leader of the centre-right party GERB, which gets the most votes at Bulgaria's early elections, said he was afraid the country might face another early elections and added he was ready for offers from the other parliamentary represented parties.

A total of eight parties and coalitions have won enough votes in Sunday's snap general elections to enter Bulgaria's next Parliament, an exit poll showed. 

According to the survey conducted by Sova Harris polling agency, centre-right GERB party led by former Prime Minister Boyko Borisov has won 33.6% of the vote.

GERB is leading in October 5's early elections in Bulgaria with 35 percent, according Exacta Research Group, the agency that grew out of the national pollster closed down by the previous legislature.

BELGRADE - The 70th anniversary of the closing of Banjica, the largest World War II concentration camp in occupied Serbia, was marked in Belgrade on Sunday.