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Elections in Bulgaria gives information on election and election results in Bulgaria.

Bulgaria elects on national level a head of state - the president - and a legislature. The president is elected for a five year term by the people. The National Assembly (Narodno Sabranie) has 240 members, 209 elected for a four year term by proportional representation in multi-seat constituencies with a 4% threshold, and 31 through First Past the Post seats corresponding to the provinces and the largest cities. Bulgaria has a multi-party system, with numerous parties in which no one party often has a chance of gaining power alone, and parties must work with each other to form coalition governments.

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[edit] National legislatures

Legislatures Term Seats
Constituent Assembly 10.02.1879-16.04.1879 231
1 Grand National Assembly 17.04.1879-26.06.1879 231
1 Ordinary National Assembly 21.10.1879-24.11.1879 158
2 Ordinary National Assembly 23.03.1880-18.12.1880 172
2 Grand National Assembly 01.07.1881 307
3 Ordinary National Assembly 10.12.1882-25.12.1883 47
4 Ordinary National Assembly 27.06.1884-06.09.1886 195/286
3 Grand National Assembly 19.10.1886-03.08.1887 493
5 Ordinary National Assembly 15.10.1887-17.12.1889 285
6 Ordinary National Assembly 15.10.1890-15.12.1892 276
4 Grand National Assembly 03.05.1893-17.05.1893 577
7 Ordinary National Assembly 15.10.1893-21.12.1893 145
8 Ordinary National Assembly 15.10.1894-04.02.1896 149
9 Ordinary National Assembly 01.12.1896-19.12.1898 159
10 Ordinary National Assembly 16.05.1899-29.11.1900 169
11 Ordinary National Assembly 22.02.1901-23.12.1901 166
12 Ordinary National Assembly 22.04.1902-31.03.1903 188
13 Ordinary National Assembly 02.11.1903-22.12.1907 189
14 Ordinary National Assembly 15.06.1908-15.02.1911 203
5 Grand National Assembly 09.06.1911-09.07.1911 414
15 Ordinary National Assembly 15.10.1911-23.07.1913 213
16 Ordinary National Assembly 19.12.1913-31.12.1913 204
17 Ordinary National Assembly 20.03.1914-15.04.1919 257
18 Ordinary National Assembly 02.10.1919-20.02.1920 237
19 Ordinary National Assembly 15.04.1920-11.03.1923 232
20 Ordinary National Assembly 21.05.1923-11.06.1923 245
21 Ordinary National Assembly 09.12.1923-15.04.1927 267
22 Ordinary National Assembly 19.06.1927-18.04.1931 275
23 Ordinary National Assembly 20.08.1931-19.05.1934 283
24 Ordinary National Assembly 22.05.1938-27.04.1939 160
25 Ordinary National Assembly 24.02.1940-23.08.1944 160
26 Ordinary National Assembly 15.12.1945-28.09.1946 279
6 Grand National Assembly 07.11.1946-21.10.1949 465(375)
1(27) National Assembly 17.01.1950-02.11.1953 239
2(28) National Assembly 14.01.1954-11.12.1957 249
3(29) National Assembly 13.01.1958-04.11.1961 254
4(30) National Assembly 15.03.1962-08.12.1965 321
5(31) National Assembly 11.03.1966-18.05.1971 416
6(32) National Assembly 07.07.1971-09.03.1976 400
7(33) National Assembly 15.06.1976-07.04.1981 400
8(34) National Assembly 16.06.1981-21.03.1986 400
9(35) National Assembly 17.06.1986-03.04.1990 400
7 Grand National Assembly 10.07.1990-02.10.1991 400
36 National Assembly 04.11.1991-17.10.1994 240
37 National Assembly 12.01.1995-13.02.1997 240
38 National Assembly 07.05.1997-19.04.2001 240
39 National Assembly 05.07.2001-17.06.2005 240
40 National Assembly 11.07.2005- 27.06.2009 240
41 National Assembly 14.07.2009- present 240

[edit] Parliamentary election

Main articles: 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

Summary of the 1991 National Assembly of Bulgaria election results:

Party Votes Seats
Union of Democratic Forces 1,903,567 110
Bulgarian Socialist Party 1,836,050 106
Movement for Rights and Freedoms 418,168 24
Others  ? 0
Total  ? 240

Summary of the 1994 National Assembly of Bulgaria election results:

Party Votes Seats
Bulgarian Socialist Party 2,262,943 125
Union of Democratic Forces 1,260,374 69
Bulgarian People's Union 338,478 18
Movement for Rights and Freedoms 283,094 15
Bulgarian Business Block 245,849 13
Others  ? 0
Total  ? 240

Summary of the 1997 National Assembly of Bulgaria election results:

Party Votes Seats
United Democratic Forces 2,223,714 137
Democratic Left (Bulgarian Socialist Party) 939,308 58
Union for National Salvation (Mov. for Rights and Freed.) 323,429 19
Euroleft 234,058 14
Bulgarian Business Block 209,796 12
Others  ? 0
Total  ? 240

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 (Bulgarian Socialist Party) 783,372 48
Movement for Rights and Freedoms 340,395 21
Others  ? 0
Total  ? 240
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
Bulgarian parliamentary election, 2009: vote distribution by constituency
e • d Summary of the 2009 National Assembly of Bulgaria election results:
Party Votes  % +/– Seats +/–
  Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria 1,678,641 39.72 new 116 new
  Coalition for Bulgaria 748,147 17.70 −13.3 40 −42
  Movement for Rights and Freedoms 610,521 14.45 +1.7 38 +4
  National Union Attack 395,733 9.36 +1.2 21 ±0
  Blue Coalition 285,662 6.76 −7.3 15 −22
  Order, Law and Justice 174,582 4.13 new 10 new
  Lider 137,795 3.26 new — —
  National Movement for Stability and Progress 127,470 3.02 −16.9 — −53
  The Greens 21,841 0.52 new — —
  For the Homeland 11,524 0.27 — — —
  Bulgarian Left Coalition 8,762 0.21 — — —
  Union of the Patriotic Forces 6,426 0.15 — — —
  Social Democrats 5,004 0.12 — — —
  Bulgarian New Democracy 3,813 0.09 — — —
  The Other Bulgaria 3,455 0.08 — — —
  Party of the Liberal Alternative and Peace 2,828 0.07 — — —
  Union of the Bulgarian Patriots 2,175 0.05 — — —
  National Movement for the Salvation of the Fatherland 1,874 0.04 — — —
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: Electoral Commission of Bulgaria

Parliamentary elections were held in Bulgaria on 5 July 2009.[1][2] The decisive winner of the elections was Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria (or GERB) party, led by Sofia mayor Boyko Borisov. GERB amassed more votes than the members of the then-ruling centre-left coalition combined and is to head a centre-right government.

Majority vote
Main article: Bulgarian parliamentary elections, 2009 - majoritarian vote

There are 31 constituencies corresponding to 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.

[edit] Presidential election

Main articles: Bulgarian presidential election, 2001, Bulgarian presidential election, 2006, and Bulgarian presidential election, 2011
e • d Summary of the 2001 Bulgarian presidential election results
Candidate Party First round Second round
Votes % Votes %
Georgi Parvanov Bulgarian Socialist Party 1,032,665 36.4% 2,043,443 54.1%
Petar Stoyanov United Democratic Forces 991,680 34.9% 1,731,676 45.9%
Bogomil Bonev Citizens' Party of Bulgaria 546,801 19.3%
Reneta Indzhova Democratic Alliance 139,680 4.9%
Zhorzh Ganchev Bulgarian Business Block 95,481 3.4%
Petar Beron Union for Bulgaria 31,394 1.1%
Total valid votes (turnout: resp. 41.8% and 55.1%) 2,837,701 100.0% 3,775,119 100.0%
Source: President of Bulgaria and Demetra/BAN
  runoff
  failed to reach the runoff
e • d Summary of the 2006 Bulgarian presidential election results
Candidate Party First round Second round
Votes % Votes %
Georgi Parvanov Bulgarian Socialist Party 1,780,119 64.047% 2,050,488 75.948%
Volen Siderov National Union Attack 597,175 21.486% 649,387 24.052%
Nedelcho Beronov United Democratic Forces 271,078 9.753%
Georgi Markov Order, Law and Justice 75,478 2.716%
Petar Beron Initiative committee 21,812 0.785%
Grigor Velev Аll in one Bulgaria 19,857 0.714%
Lyuben Petrov Initiative committee 13,854 0.498%
Total valid votes 2,779,373 100.000% 2,699,875 100.000%
  runoff
  failed to reach the runoff

Summary of the 2011 Bulgarian presidential election results

Candidate Party First round Second round
Votes % Votes %
Rosen Plevneliev Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria 1,349,380 40.11 1,698,136 52.58
Ivaylo Kalfin Bulgarian Socialist Party 974,300 28.96 1,531,193 47.42
Meglena Kuneva Initiative committee 470,808 14.00
Volen Siderov National Union Attack 122,466 3.64
Stefan Solakov National Front for Salvation of Bulgaria 84,205 2.50
Rumen Hristov Blue Coalition 65,761 1.95
Atanas Semov Order, Law and Justice 61,797 1.84
Svetoslav Vitkov Initiative committee 54,125 1.61
Sali Ibrayim National Movement Unity 41,837 1.24
Krasimir Karakachanov IMRO – Bulgarian National Movement 33,236 0.99
Aleksey Petrov Initiative committee 31,613 0.94
Maria Kapon United People's Party 30,665 0.91
Nikolay Nenchev Bulgarian Agrarian National Union 9,827 0.29
Pavel Chernev Party for the People of the Nation 8,081 0.24
Ventsislav Yosifov Initiative committee 7,021 0.21
Dimitar Kutsarov Initiative committee 6,989 0.21
Andrey Chorbanov Bulgarian Democratic Unity 6,340 0.19
Nikolay Vasilev Initiative committee 5,633 0.17
Total valid votes 3,364,084 100 3,229,329 100
Invalid/blank votes 229,844 6.40 104,837 3.14
Votes cast (turnout: resp. 52.11% and 48.06%) 3,593,751 100 3,334,169 100
Registered voters 6,896,216 - 6,937,748 -
Source: Electoral Commission of Bulgaria
  runoff
  failed to reach the runoff

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ President Georgi Parvanov chooses 5th July 2009 for date of parliamentary elections. Radio Bulgaria. April 29, 2009.
  2. ^ Bulgaria elections. Election Guide.

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