Under the rules of the European Parliament elections, exit polls are not to be reported until polls across all of the European Union have closed.
This seems to have been lost on the Dutch who once again have released their results early. However according to EUobserver Bulgarian media outlets have released theirs early through the use of the weather, music charts and other clever 'codes'.
On a day where the temperatures have in reality reached above 35 degrees, the temperature at the city hall – home to the mayor and leader of the centre-right Gerb party, Boyko Borisov - has oddly dropped to 25.5 degrees, the Bgnes news agency reports.
Meanwhile, near the governing Socialists' headquarters the temperature is an even chillier 20 degrees, it says.
The number of degrees Celsius are a none-too-subtle code for the percentage the parties are supposed to have obtained.
Wind speed, code for voter turnout, was 26 metres per second at around 5:30 p.m., it also reported.
Other news agencies have used books to report on the results, stating:
38 percent of people had gone to buy books by 6.00 p.m. on Sunday.
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