2009 European Parliament election in Bulgaria

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2009 European Parliament election in Bulgaria
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18 seats to the European Parliament
TurnoutIncrease 37.5%
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Rumiana Jeleva
Ivaylo Kalfin
 Filiz Hyusmenova
Party GERB BSP DPS
Alliance EPP S&D
ALDE
Last election 5 seats, 21.68% 5 seats, 21.41% 4 seats, 20.26%
Seats won 5 4 3
Seat change Steady Decrease 1 Decrease 1
Popular vote 627,693 476,618 364,197
Percentage 24.36% 18.50% 14.14%
Swing Increase 2.68 Decrease 2.91 Decrease 6.12
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Dimitar Stoyanov Meglena Kuneva
Nadezhda Mihaylova
Party Ataka NDSV SDS-DSB
Alliance NI
ALDE
 EPP
Last election 3 seats, 14.20% 1 seat, 6,27% 0 seats, 9,09% [a]
Seats won 2 2 2
Seat change Decrease 1 Increase 1 Increase 2
Popular vote 308,052 205,146 204,817
Percentage 11.96% 7.96% 7.95%
Swing Decrease 2.24 Increase 1.69 Decrease 1.14

The election of the

delegation from Bulgaria to the European Parliament was held on Sunday, 7 June 2009. As a result of the Treaty of Nice – that became active in November 2004 – the number of Bulgarian delegates in the European Parliament decreased from 18 (in 2007) to 17 delegates. When the Treaty of Lisbon was ratified, the number of Bulgarian Delegates increased to 18 again, giving a second seat to the Blue Coalition
.

Background

This election is the first one, in which Bulgaria elects MEP for the full five-year term. Most political analysts viewed these elections as a rehearsal to the 2009 Bulgarian parliamentary election. It was speculated that if similar results were obtained on the latter elections, that the formation of government would be extremely difficult. This did not turn out to be the case.

Opinion polls

Source Date GERB BSP DPS Attack Blue Coalition Others
Alpha Research Archived 2 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine March 19.2% 14.1% 6.0% 6.8% 4.9% –
Alpha Research April 24% 18% 15% 8% 7% –
NCIOM[permanent dead link] 19 May 32.4% 26.8% 12.1% 11% 6.2% 6.8%
Skala 28 May 31.99% 20.89% 13.61% 9.70% 10.21% 13.1%
MBMD 31 May 30.00% 25.00% 19.00% 8.10% 6.07% 7.1%
Skala 1 June 30.30% 21.42% 15.03% 9.77% 8.94% 14.54%
Skala 2 June 31.15% 20.87% 15.18% 9.46% 8.80% 14.54%
Barometar Info 3 June 26.07% 17.54% 15.00% 8.53% 9.24% 18.95%
Skala 4 June 29.50% 20.95% 16.55% 10.30% 8.22% 14.48%

Results

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
The Greens
18,4440.720New
Bulgarian Social Democracy14,1320.550New
Union of Patriotic Forces "Defence"11,9040.460New
Bulgarian New Democracy11,6790.450New
Independents8,5650.3300
Total2,576,442100.0017–1
Valid votes2,576,44299.03
Invalid/blank votes25,2450.97
Total votes2,601,687100.00
Registered voters/turnout6,684,77038.92
Source: CIK

Elected MEPs

The following 18 MEP were elected:[1]

5

European People's Party group
:

  1. Rumiana Jeleva
  2. Vladimir Urutchev
  3. Iliana Ivanova
  4. Emil Stoyanov
  5. Maria Nedeltcheva

4

Coalition for Bulgaria that joined the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats
:

  1. Ivaylo Kalfin
  2. Iliana Yotova
  3. Kristian Vigenin
  4. Evgeni Kirilov

3 MEPs from Movement for Rights and Freedoms that joined the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe group:

  1. Filiz Husmenova
  2. Vladko Panayotov
  3. Metin Kazak

2

Non-inscrits
:

  1. Dimitar Stoyanov
  2. Slavcho Binev

2 MEPs from National Movement for Stability and Progress that joined the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe group:

  1. Meglena Kuneva
  2. Antonia Parvanova

1

European People's Party group
:

  1. Nadezhda Mihaylova

1

European People's Party group
:

  1. Svetoslav Malinov

See also

External links

References

  1. ^ "Избори за Европейски Парламент 2009". Archived from the original on 9 June 2009. Retrieved 10 June 2009.

Notes

  1. DSB
    which hadn’t yet unified prior to the previous election, therefore failing to win a seat.
  2. ^ 2 seats, following the Treaty of Lisbon
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