New anti-graft centrist party seen winning Bulgaria's election

FILE PHOTO: A man pastes election posters in Haskovo, Bulgaria, November 8, 2021. Picture taken November 8, 2021. REUTERS/Stoyan Nenov

SOFIA (Reuters) -Bulgaria's new centrist political party was seen winning parliamentary elections on Sunday, according to four exit polls, increasing chances of an end to a political deadlock in the European Union's poorest member state.

Political wrangling prevented opponents of former Premier Boyko Borissov from building a government after the previous two elections in April and July. Bulgarians have grown tired of the impasse, which was seen hampering the country's economic prospects amid a rise in COVID-19 cases overwhelming hospitals.