Bulgaria (European Parliament constituency)

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Bulgaria European Parliament constituency

Location amongst the 2007 constituencies
Created	2007
MEP(s)	18 (2007)
Member State	Bulgaria
Source(s)	[1][2]

In European elections, Bulgaria is a constituency of the European Parliament, currently represented by eighteen MEPs. It covers the member state of the Bulgaria.

[edit] Current MEPs

As of October 2007

Name	National Party	EP group
Mariela Velichkova Baeva	Movement for Rights and Freedoms	ALDE
Slavi Binev	National Union Attack	ITS
Desislav Chukolov	National Union Attack	ITS
Filiz Hakaeva Hyusmenova	Movement for Rights and Freedoms	ALDE
Iliana Malinova Iotova	European Socialists Platform	PES
Rumiana Jeleva	Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria	EPP–ED
Metin Kazak	Movement for Rights and Freedoms	ALDE
Evgeni Kirilov	European Socialists Platform	PES
Marusya Ivanova Lyubcheva	European Socialists Platform	PES
Nickolay Mladenov	Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria	EPP–ED
Vladko Todorov Panayotov	Movement for Rights and Freedoms	ALDE
Antanas Paparizov	European Socialists Platform	PES
Bilyana Ilieva Raeva	National Movement for Stability and Progress	ALDE
Petya Stavreva	Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria	EPP–ED
Dimitar Stoyanov	National Union Attack	ITS
Vladimir Urutchev	Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria	EPP–ED
Kristian Vigenin	European Socialists Platform	PES
Dushana Zdravkova	Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria	EPP–ED

The 2007 European election was Bulgaria's first since joining the European Union on 2007-01-01 and was held on 2007-05-20.

The top two parties scored 5 seats each; Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria and European Socialists Platform, followed by the Movement for Rights and Freedoms with four, Ataka with three, and National Movement Simeon II (NDSV) with one. It was considered likely that the result of the election would cause a major political crisis in Bulgaria, due to the expected weak results of the National Movement. ^[1]

e • d **Summary of the 20 May 2007 Bulgarian delegation in the European Parliament election results**
Parties	Europarty	EP Group	Votes	%	Seats
Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria	EPP	EPP-ED	420,001	21.68%	5
European Socialists Platform	PES	PES	414,786	21.41%	5
Movement for Rights and Freedoms	ELDR	ALDE	392,650	20.26%	4
National Union Attack	-	ITS	275,237	14.20%	3
National Movement Simeon II	ELDR	ALDE	121,398	6.27%	1
Union of Democratic Forces	EPP	-	91,871	4.74%	0
Democrats for a Strong Bulgaria	EPP	-	84,350	4.35%	0
Coalition of Bulgarian Social Democrats (Party of Bulgarian Social Democrats, Political Movement "Social Democrats")	-	-	37,645	1.94%	0
Agrarian National Union	EPP	-	29,752	1.54%	0
Communist Party of Bulgaria	-	-	18,988	0.98%	0
Union of Free Democrats	-	-	14,392	0.74%	0
Green Party of Bulgaria	EGP	-	9,976	0.51%	0
Civil Union for New Bulgaria	-	-	9,398	0.49%	0
Order, Law and Justice	-	-	9,147	0.47%	0
Mariya Stoyanova Serkedzhieva (independent)	-	-	5,323	0.27%	0
Nikola Petkov Ivanov (independent)	-	-	2,782	0.14%	0
Sources: Izbori2007.eu,Europarl

Party		Affiliation	Votes	%	Change	Seats	Change
	Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria	EPP	627,693	24.36	+2.68	5	0
	Coalition for Bulgaria	PES	476,618	18.50	−2.91	4	–1
	Movement for Rights and Freedoms	ELDR	364,197	14.14	−6.12	3	−1
	National Union Attack	None	308,052	11.96	−2.24	2	−1
	National Movement for Stability and Progress	ELDR	205,146	7.96	+1.89	2	+1
	Blue Coalition	EPP	204,817	7.95	−1.14	1	+1
	Lider	None	146,984	5.70	+5.70	0	0
	Order, Law and Justice	None	120,280	4.67	+4.20	0	0
	Others		122,647	4.76	—	0	—
Total-Valid			2,576,434	100	—	17	−1
	Invalid		25,245	—	—	—	—
Total Turnout 37.49% (+8.89%)			2,601,677	—	—	—	—