Elections in Bulgaria

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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, elected for a four year term by proportional representation in multi-seat constituencies with a 4% barrier. 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.

1 National legislatures
2 2005 Parliamentary election
3 2006 Presidential election
4 2007 European election
5 Past elections
6 See also
7 External links

[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 Natiomal 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-	240

[edit] 2005 Parliamentary election

Main article: Bulgarian parliamentary election, 2005

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**Summary of the 25 June 2005 National Assembly of Bulgaria election results**
Coalitions and parties	Votes	%	Seats	+/-
Coalition for Bulgaria (Koalicija za Bălgarija) Bulgarian Socialist Party (Bălgarska Socialističeska Partija) Party of Bulgarian Social Democrats (Partija Bălgarski Socialdemokrati) Political Movement Social Democrats (Političesko Dviženie "Socialdemokrati") Bulgarian Agrarian People's Union Alexander Stambolijski (Bălgarski Zemedelski Naroden Săjuz "Aleksandăr Stambolijski") Civil Union "Roma" (Graždansko Obedinenie "Roma") Movement for Social Humanism (Dviženie za Socialen Humanizăm) Green Party of Bulgaria (Zelena Partija na Bălgarija) Communist Party of Bulgaria (Komunističeska Partija na Balgarija)	1,129,196	34.0	82	+34
National Movement Simeon II (Nacionalno Dviženie Simeon Vtori)	725,314	21.8	53	-67
Movement for Rights and Freedoms (Dviženie za Prava i Svobodi)	467,400	14.1	34	+13
National Union Attack (Nacionalno Obedinenie Ataka) National Movement for the Salvation of the Fatherland (Nacionalno Dviženie za Spasenie na Otečestvoto) Bulgarian National Patriotic Party (Bălgarska Nacionalna-Patriotična Partija) Union of Patriotic Forces and Militaries of the Reserve Defense (Săjuz na Patriotičnite Sili i Voinite ot Zapasa Zaštita)	296,848	8.9	21	+21
United Democratic Forces (Obedineni demokratični sili) Union of Democratic Forces (Săjuz na Demokratičnite Sili) Democratic Party (Demokratičeska Partija) Bulgarian Agrarian People's Union-United (Bălgarski Zemedelski Naroden Săjuz-Obedinen) George's Day Movement (Dviženie Gergiovden) Movement for an Equal Public Model (Dviženie za ravnopraven model DROM)	280,323	8.4	20	-31
Democrats for a Strong Bulgaria (Demokrati za Silna Bălgarija)	234,788	7.1	17	+17
Bulgarian People's Union (Bălgarski Naroden Săjuz) Bulgarian Agrarian People's Union-People's Union (Bălgarski Zemedelski Naroden Săjuz-Naroden Săjuz) Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization - Bulgarian National Movement (Vătrešna Makedonska Revoljucionna Organizacija-Bălgarsko Nacionalno Dviženie) Union of Free Democrats (Săjuz na svobodnite demokrati)	189,268	5.7	13	+13
Total (turnout 55.8%)	3,648,177	100.0	240
Invalid votes	99,616
Votes cast	3,747,793
Registered voters	6,720,941
Source: Centralna Izbiratelna Komisija, Bulgarian parliament and Adam Carr's Electoral Archive

[edit] 2006 Presidential election

Main article: Bulgarian presidential election, 2006

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**Summary of the 22 and 29 October 29 2006 Bulgarian presidential election results**
Candidates		Nominated by	First round		Second round
Candidates		Nominated by	Votes	%	Votes	%
Nedelcho Beronov	Juliana Nikolova	Initiative committee	271,078	9.753%
Ljuben Petrov	Neli Topalova	Initiative committee	13,854	0.498%
Georgi Parvanov	Angel Marin	Initiative committee	1,780,119	64.047%	2,050,488	75.948%
Grigor Velev	Jordan Mutafchiev	Union of Bulgarian Nationalists "Whole Bulgaria"	19,857	0.714%
Petar Beron	Stela Bankova	Initiative committee	21,812	0.785%
Volen Siderov	Pavel Shopov	Attack	597,175	21.486%	649,387	24.052%
Georgi Markov	Marija Ivanova	Order, Lawfulness, Justice	75,478	2.716 %
runoff failed to reach the runoff

[edit] 2007 European election

Main article: European Parliament election, 2007 (Bulgaria)

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**Summary of the 20 May 2007 Bulgarian delegation in the European Parliament election results**
Parties	EP Party (or Group)	Votes	%	Seats
Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria	EPP	420,001	21.68%	5
European Socialists Platform	PES	414,786	21.41%	5
Movement for Rights and Freedoms	ELDR	392,650	20.26%	4
National Union Attack	ITS	275,237	14.20%	3
National Movement Simeon II	ELDR	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")	none	37,645	1.94%	0
Agrarian National Union	EPP	29,752	1.54%	0
Communist Party of Bulgaria	none	18,988	0.98%	0
Union of Free Democrats	none	14,392	0.74%	0
Green Party of Bulgaria	EGP	9,976	0.51%	0
Civil Union for New Bulgaria	none	9,398	0.49%	0
Order, Law and Justice	none	9,147	0.47%	0
Mariya Stoyanova Serkedzhieva (independent)	none	5,323	0.27%	0
Nikola Petkov Ivanov (independent)	none	2,782	0.14%	0
Source: Izbori2007.eu

[edit] Past elections

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