Elections in Bulgaria - Parliamentary Election

Parliamentary Election

Further information: Bulgarian parliamentary election, 1990, Bulgarian parliamentary election, 1991, Bulgarian parliamentary election, 1994, Bulgarian parliamentary election, 1997, Bulgarian parliamentary election, 2001, Bulgarian parliamentary election, 2005, and Bulgarian parliamentary election, 2009

Parliamentary elections are held in Bulgaria since 1879. There was a period of single party system between 1945 and 1989 during the communism, in which only the Communist Party was available for voting, while until 1945 there was no universal suffrage for the women. The table below show only the elections since 1990, when the government was changed to republic.

The last parliamentary elections were held in Bulgaria on 5 July 2009. The decisive winner with 40% of the vote was Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria (or GERB) party, led by Sofia mayor Boyko Borisov.

The majority vote provided additional 31 seats corresponding to the constituencies of the 28 Provinces of Bulgaria with an additional 3 reserved for the most populated cities of Sofia and Plovdiv. The elected majoritarian candidates are elected through first past the post method. GERB gained 26 seats, while Movement for Rights and Freedoms gained 5 of them. After receiving additional seats from the majority vote in total GERB amassed 117 out of 240 seats in the parliament and is to head a centre-right government alone.

e • d Summary of the 2009 National Assembly of Bulgaria election results:

Party		Votes	%	+/–	Seats	+/–
	Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria	1,678,583	39.7	new	117	new
	Coalition for Bulgaria	748,114	17.7	−13.3	40	−42
	Movement for Rights and Freedoms	592,381	14.0	+1.2	37	+3
	Attack	395,707	9.4	+1.3	21	±0
	Blue Coalition	285,671	6.8	−7.3	15	−22
	Order, Law and Justice	174,570	4.1	new	10	new
	Lider	137,795	3.3	new	—	—
	National Movement for Stability and Progress	127,470	3.0	−16.9	—	−53
	The Greens	21,841	0.5	new	—	—
	For the Homeland	11,524	0.3	—	—	—
	Bulgarian Left Coalition	8,762	0.2	—	—	—
	Union of the Patriotic Forces	6,426	0.2	—	—	—
	Social Democrats	5,004	0.1	—	—	—
	Bulgarian New Democracy	3,813	0.1	—	—	—
	The Other Bulgaria	3,455	0.1	—	—	—
	Party of the Liberal Alternative and Peace	2,828	0.1	—	—	—
	Union of the Bulgarian Patriots	2,175	0.1	—	—	—
	National Movement for the Salvation of the Fatherland	1,874	0.0	—	—	—
Total valid votes		4,226,194	100.00	—	240	—
Invalid votes		97,387	2.25	—	—	—
Votes cast (turnout: 60.20%)		4,323,581	100.00	—	—	—
Registred voters		7,129,965	—	—	—	—
Source: Bulgarian Parliament Electoral Commission of Bulgaria

e • d Summary of the 2005 National Assembly of Bulgaria election results:

Coalitions and parties		Votes	%	Seats	+/−
	Coalition for Bulgaria	1,129,196	31.0	82	+34
	National Movement Simeon II	725,314	19.9	53	−67
	Movement for Rights and Freedoms	467,400	12.8	34	+13
	National Union Attack	296,848	8.1	21	+21
	United Democratic Forces	280,323	7.7	20	−31
	Democrats for a Strong Bulgaria	234,788	6.4	17	+17
	Bulgarian People's Union	189,268	5.2	13	+13
	Others	324,050	8.8	0	-
	Total valid votes	3,648,177	100.0	240	-
Invalid votes		99,616
Votes cast (turnout: 55.8%)		3,747,793
Registered voters in the main list		6,720,941
Source: Electoral Commission of Bulgaria and Adam Carr's Electoral Archive

Summary of the 2001 National Assembly of Bulgaria election results:

	Party	Votes	Seats
	National Movement Simeon II	1,952,513	120
	United Democratic Forces	830,338	51
	Coalition for Bulgaria	783,372	48
	Movement for Rights and Freedoms	340,395	21
	Others
	Total	4,608,135 (67.0%)	240

Summary of the 1997 National Assembly of Bulgaria election results:

	Party	Votes	Seats
	United Democratic Forces	2,223,714	137
	Coalition for Bulgaria	939,308	58
	Union for National Salvation	323,429	19
	Bulgarian Euroleft	234,058	14
	Bulgarian Business Block	209,796	12
	Others
	Total	4,291,257 (62.9%)	240

Summary of the 1994 National Assembly of Bulgaria election results:

	Party	Votes	Seats
	Coalition for Bulgaria	2,262,943	125
	Union of Democratic Forces	1,260,374	69
	People's Union	338,478	18
	Movement for Rights and Freedoms	283,094	15
	Bulgarian Business Block	245,849	13
	Others
	Total	5,264,448 (75.3%)	240

Summary of the 1991 National Assembly of Bulgaria election results:

	Party	Votes	Seats
	Union of Democratic Forces	1,903,567	110
	Coalition for Bulgaria	1,836,050	106
	Movement for Rights and Freedoms	418,168	24
	Others
	Total	5,694,764 (83.9%)	240

Summary of the 1990 National Assembly of Bulgaria election results:

	Party	Votes	Seats
	Coalition for Bulgaria	2,886,363	211
	Union of Democratic Forces	2,216,127	144
	Bulgarian Agrarian National Union	491,597	16
	Movement for Rights and Freedoms	368,929	24
	Alternative Socialist Parties	121,514	2
	Patriotic Party of Labour	36,668	2
	Others
	Total	6,333,334 (90.3%)	400