Bulgaria’s center-right GERB party led the parliamentary election on Sunday, securing 26.4% of the vote, but failed to achieve a majority necessary to stabilize the political landscape.

Reformist party We Continue the Change (PP) followed with 14.9%, and the pro-Russia ultra-nationalist Revival party garnered 12.9%.

This election, the seventh in four years, was prompted by the inability of political parties to form a coalition government after June’s inconclusive results.

GERB is projected to win 74 seats in the 240-seat parliament, while PP and Revival would secure 42 and 36 seats, respectively, Al-Jazeera has reported.

Despite a slight increase in voter turnout, many Bulgarians are concerned about ongoing political instability, which hampers EU funding and delays eurozone accession plans.

Written by B.C. Begley