SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) - Bulgaria's right-wing opposition party has won Sunday's parliamentary election by a wide margin over the corruption-tainted governing Socialist coalition, an exit poll reported.

The Alpha Research poll showed that the Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria, or GERB, led by Sofia Mayor Boiko Borisov, has claimed 38.5 percent of the vote.

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