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Elections in Bulgaria

For full details of the electoral system and results of all post-Communist elections see Richard Rose and Neil Munro Parties and Elections in New European Democracies, published by ECPR Press.

For European Parliament election results, go to http://www.europarl.europa.eu/parliament/archive/elections2009/en/bulgaria_en.html

TABLE. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION OF 22 AND 29 OCTOBER 2006
1st Round (%) 2nd Round (%)
Electorate 6,477,126 6,469,224
Valid Votes 2,779,381 42.9 2,699,875 41.7
Invalid Votes 77,374 1.2 57,560 0.9
Total Votes 2,856,755 44.1 2,757,435 42.6
Candidates
Georgi Parvanov, Ind. 1,780,119 64.0 2,050,488 75.9
Volen Sidorov, Attack 597,175 21.5 649,387 24.1
Nedepcho Beronov, Ind. 271,078 9.8 - -
Georgi Markov, Order, Lawfulness, Justice 75,478 2.7 - -
Petar Beron, Ind. 21,812 0.8 - -
Grigor Velev, Whole Bulgaria 19857 0.7 - -
Lyuben Petrov, Ind. 13,854 0.5 - -
Unassigned 8 0.0 - -
Source: Central Election Commission, www.izbori2006.org, accessed 6.12.06

 

BULGARIA: Percentage of Votes for the Narodno Sobranie
10, 17 June 1990
13 Oct. 1991
18 Dec. 1994
19 Apr. 1997
17 June 2001
25 June 2005
5 July 2009
List
SMD
List
List
List
List
List
List
SMD
Valid Votes 87.6 87.3 81.6 74.3 61.7 66 54.3 59.3 55.6
Invalid Votes 3 3.5 1.9 0.9 0.5 0.6 1.5 1.4 3.2
Total Votes 90.6 90.8 83.5 75.2 62.2 66.6 55.8 60.6 58.7
1 Bulgarian Socialist Party 47.2 45.6 33.1 43.5 22.1 17.1 31.0 17.7 20.4
2 United Democratic Forces 36.2 35.9 34.4 24.2 52.3 18.2 7.7
3 Bulgarian Agrarian National Union 8.0 8.2 3.9
4 Movement for Rights & Freedoms 6.0 5.4 7.5 5.4 7.6 7.5 12.8 14.4 8.9
5 BANU�Nikola Petkov 3.4
6 UDF�Centre 3.2
7 UDF�Liberal 2.8
8 Kingdom of Bulgaria 1.8 1.4
9 Bulgarian Business Bloc 1.3 4.7 4.9 0
10 Bulgarian Communist Party 0.7 1.5 1.2
11 People's Union 6.5
12 Dem. Alternative for the Republic 3.8
13 New Choice 1.5
14 Patriotic Union 1.4
15 Euroleft Coalition 5.5 1.0
16 Union for the King 1.1
17 National Movement Simeon II 42.7 19.9 3.0 4.4
18 Simeon II Coalition 3.4
19 National Union for Tsar Simeon II 1.7
20 St George's Day�IMRO 3.6
21 Attack Coalition 8.1 9.4 9.6
22 Democrats for Strong Bulgaria 6.4
23 Bulgarian National Union 5.2
24 New Time 3
25 Coalition of the Rose 1.3
26 Euroroma 1.3
27 GERB 39.7 40.1
28 Blue Coalition 6.8 6.7
29 Order, Lawfulness, Justice 4.1 4.3
30 Lider 3.3 4.0
Others Bulgaria 15 2.6 5.0 7.8 6.0 5.3 4.7 3.4 1.6 1.6

Sources: Richard Rose and Neil Munro, Parties and Elections in New European Democracies (Colchester, ECPR Press, 2009), p.78f; 2009 results: Central Electoral Commission, http://rezultati.cik2009.bg/results/, accessed 1.9.09

BULGARIA: Number of Seats in the Narodno Sobranie
10, 17 June 1990 13 Oct. 1991 18 Dec. 1994 19 Apr. 1997 17 June 2001 25 June 2005
5 July 2009
List SMD Total List List List List List List SMD Total
1 Bulgarian Socialist Party 97 114 211 106 125 58 48 82 40 0 40
2 United Democratic Forces 75 69 144 110 69 137 51 20
3 Bulgarian Agrarian National Union 16 0 16 0
4 Movement for Rights & Freedoms 12 11 23 24 15 19 21 34 33 5 38
5 BANU�Nikola Petkov 0
6 UDF�Centre 0
7 UDF�Liberal 0
8 Kingdom of Bulgaria 0 0
9 Bulgarian Business Bloc 0 13 12 0
10 Bulgarian Communist Party 0 0 0
11 People's Union 18
12 Dem. Alternative for the Republic 0
13 New Choice 0
14 Patriotic Union 0
15 Euroleft Coalition 14 0
16 Union for the King 0
17 National Movement Simeon II 120 53 0 0 0
18 Simeon II Coalition 0
19 National Union for Tsar Simeon II 0
20 St George's Day�IMRO 0
21 Attack Coalition 21 21 0 21
22 Democrats for Strong Bulgaria 17
23 Bulgarian National Union 13
24 New Time 0
25 Coalition of the Rose 0
26 Euroroma 0
27 GERB 90 26 116
28 Blue Coalition 15 0 15
29 Order, Lawfulness, Justice 10 0 10
30 Lider 0 0 0
Others 0 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total Bulgaria 17 200 200 400 240 240 240 240 240 209 31 240

Sources: Richard Rose and Neil Munro, Parties and Elections in New European Democracies (Colchester, ECPR Press, 2009), p.80f ; 2009 results: Central Electoral Commission, http://rezultati.cik2009.bg/results/, accessed 1.9.09

 

 

 


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