Bulgaria (European Parliament constituency)

Bulgaria
Bulgaria
European Parliament constituency
	Location among the 2014 constituencies
Member state	Bulgaria
Created	2007
MEPs	18 (2007–2009); 17 (2009–2011); 18 (2011–2014); 17 (2014–present)
Sources
	[1][2]

Current MEPs

As of January 2015^[1]

Name	National party	EP group
Nedzhmi Ali	Movement for Rights and Freedoms	ALDE
Nikolay Barekov	Bulgaria without Censorship	ECR
Angel Dzhambazki	IMRO-BNM	ECR
Asim Ademov	Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria	EPP
Filiz Hyusmenova	Movement for Rights and Freedoms	ALDE
Iliana Iotova	Bulgarian Socialist Party	PES
Andrey Kovatchev	Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria	EPP
Ilhan Kyuchyuk	Movement for Rights and Freedoms	ALDE
Svetoslav Malinov	Democrats for Strong Bulgaria	EPP
Iskra Mihaylova	Movement for Rights and Freedoms	ALDE
Momchil Nekov	Bulgarian Socialist Party	PES
Andrey Novakov	Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria	EPP
Eva Maydell	Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria	EPP
Georgi Pirinski	Bulgarian Socialist Party	PES
Emil Radev	Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria	EPP
Sergei Stanishev	Bulgarian Socialist Party	PES
Vladimir Urutchev	Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria	EPP

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 Bulgarian Socialist Party, 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.^[2]