2005 Bulgarian parliamentary election
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All 240 seats in the National Assembly 121 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Turnout | 55.76% ( 10.87pp) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
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Parliamentary elections were held in
At least 6,000 candidates from 22 parties ran for election to the 240-member parliament. The turnout of 56% was the lowest on record. 4% of the votes are needed to gain a seat.
The opposition led the election, but did not gain an outright majority. Sergei Stanishev, leader of the socialist party, stated he would attempt to form a governing coalition. "We won the confidence of the people ... We are ready to form a government ... and we will negotiate with any democratic party," Stanishev said in a press conference.
In the previous five elections held since 1989, no government has been re-elected—each has had to implement stringent economic and social reforms, since the fall of communism, and lost popular support as a result.
Results
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
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United Democratic Forces | 280,323 | 7.68 | 20 | −31 | |
| Democrats for a Strong Bulgaria | 234,788 | 6.44 | 17 | New | |
| Bulgarian People's Union | 189,268 | 5.19 | 13 | +13 | |
| New Era | 107,758 | 2.95 | 0 | New | |
| Rose Coalition (BSD–NDPS–OBT) | 47,410 | 1.30 | 0 | 0 | |
| Euroroma | 45,637 | 1.25 | 0 | New | |
| Bulgarian Christian Coalition | 21,064 | 0.58 | 0 | New | |
| FAGO | 18,326 | 0.50 | 0 | New | |
| United Party of Pensioners in Bulgaria | 12,760 | 0.35 | 0 | New | |
| Long Live Bulgaria! | 12,622 | 0.35 | 0 | New | |
| Federation of Free Business–Union Bulgaria | 12,196 | 0.33 | 0 | New | |
| Forward Bulgaria | 10,275 | 0.28 | 0 | New | |
| Dignified Bulgaria Coalition | 8,420 | 0.23 | 0 | New | |
| SDN Granite | 5,923 | 0.16 | 0 | New | |
| Chamber of Experts | 3,649 | 0.10 | 0 | New | |
| Party of Free Democrats | 2,203 | 0.06 | 0 | New | |
| Native Land | 2,052 | 0.06 | 0 | New | |
| NZP Nikola Petkov | 1,918 | 0.05 | 0 | New | |
| Independents | 12,827 | 0.35 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 3,648,177 | 100.00 | 240 | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 3,648,177 | 97.34 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 99,616 | 2.66 | |||
| Total votes | 3,747,793 | 100.00 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 6,720,941 | 55.76 | |||
| Source: CIK | |||||
Aftermath
As no one party received a majority in the Assembly the
References
- ^ "Bulgaria Approves Three-Way Govt, Stanishev is PM". Novinite.com. Sofia News Agency. Retrieved 6 June 2014.
- ^ "Bargaining in Bulgaria: The Aftermath of the June 2005 Parliamentary Elections - Balkanalysis". Archived from the original on 2013-01-20. Retrieved 2013-01-19.
External links
- Europe and the Parliamentary Elections in Bulgaria, 25 June 2005 European Parties Elections and Referendums Network
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