2009 Bulgarian parliamentary election

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2009 Bulgarian parliamentary election
Bulgaria
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All 240 seats in the National Assembly
121 seats needed for a majority
Turnout60.64%
Party Leader % Seats +/–
GERB Boyko Borisov 39.72 116 New
BSPzB
Sergei Stanishev
17.70 40 −42
DPS Ahmed Dogan 14.45 38 +4
Ataka Volen Siderov 9.36 21 0
SDS+DSB Martin Dimitrov, Ivan Kostov 6.76 15 New
RZS Yane Yanev 4.13 10 New
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Prime Minister before Prime Minister after
Sergei Stanishev
Sergei Stanishev
BSP
Boyko Borisov
GERB
Boyko Borisov
The leaders of GERB take their seats in front of reporters before giving a press conference after the election

Parliamentary elections were held in

National Movement Simeon II
did not cross the 4% threshold and won no seats. The turnout was 60.6%, one of the lowest ever. Following the election, GERB leader Boyko Borisov became Prime Minister. Just like all the previous parliamentary elections since the fall of communism, the government was not re-elected.

Background

The 2009 elections saw the debut of a parallel

First Past the Post.[3]

The ruling Bulgarian Socialist Party wanted to amend the electoral law, increasing state subsidies for political parties threefold (the reason for doing this would be making campaign financing more transparent, they claim), requiring registration in at least two-thirds of all electoral districts (thus eliminating most marginal parties).[4]

An electoral reform was passed in April 2009 with the votes of the

SDS, which was polling around 7.3% at that time) and established that 31 of the 240 seats would be elected by majority vote.[5][6] President Georgi Parvanov returned the law to parliament for reconsideration, but as the parties had no plans to amend it and as he could only return the law once, he had to sign it before the election. After the law had been passed, the provision raising the electoral threshold was struck down by the Constitutional Court of Bulgaria.[7]

The Blue Coalition was denied registration for the election by the Central Election Commission on 28 May 2009 due to a leadership struggle in the SDS, one of the two constituent parties. The Blue Coalition announced it would appeal the ruling.[8] On 29 May 2009, the Supreme Administrative Court overturned the CEC's decision, allowing the Blue Coalition to contest the election.[9]

Participating parties

Parties standing in the election included:[10]

Opinion polls

  • The following are the polls for the proportional vote:
Source Date Turnout GERB
BSP
DPS Ataka BC NDSV
Lider
RZS
NCIOM 3 July 55 29-32 20-22 13-14 9-11 8-9 5-5.5 5-5.5 4 [11]
Alpha Research 1 July 56 33.9 19.5 14.1 9 8.1 4.2 4.5 4.1 [12]

Results

Results of the election, showing vote strength by electoral district. Top: results in FPTP constituencies. Bottom: results in proportional constituencies.
Simple results of the FPTP constituencies.
PartyProportionalConstituencyTotal
seats
+/–
Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats
GERB1,678,64139.72901,554,60939.4026116New
Coalition for Bulgaria748,14717.7040792,21820.08040−42
Movement for Rights and Freedoms610,52114.4533346,4318.78538+4
Attack395,7339.3621372,6089.440210
Blue Coalition285,6626.7615258,1906.54015−22
Order, Law and Justice174,5824.1310167,0114.23010New
Lider137,7953.260153,9803.9000New
National Movement for Stability and Progress127,4703.020169,0984.2900–53
The Greens21,8410.52026,1300.6600New
For the Homeland11,5240.2703650.0100
Bulgarian Left Coalition8,7620.21012,0470.3100
Union of the Patriotic Forces "Defense"6,3680.1507,3720.1900
Political Movement "Social Democrats"5,0040.1202,5810.0700New
Bulgarian New Democracy3,8130.0904,4790.1100New
The Other Bulgaria3,4550.0801640.0000New
Party of the Liberal Alternative and Peace2,8280.0701170.0000
Union of the Bulgarian Patriots2,1750.0504,4630.1100
National Movement for the Salvation of the Fatherland1,8740.0403,2890.0800New
Independents70,6761.79000
Total4,226,195100.002093,945,828100.00312400
Valid votes4,226,19597.75
Invalid/blank votes97,3872.25
Total votes4,323,582100.00
Registered voters/turnout7,129,96560.64
Source: CIK,

The following members were elected through

first past the post voting
in 31 single-member constituencies:

Constituency Member Party
Blagoevgrad
Lyben Tatarski GERB
Burgas
Bozhidar Stoyanov GERB
Varna
Krasimir Petrov GERB
Veliko Tarnovo
Tsvetan Tsvetanov GERB
Vidin
Lyubomila Stanislavova GERB
Vratsa
Nikolay Kotsev GERB
Gabrovo
Galina Bankovska GERB
Dobrich
Rumen Ivanov GERB
Kardzhali
Ahmed Dogan DPS
Kyustendil
Valentin Mikev GERB
Lovech
Anatoliy Yordanov GERB
Montana
Plamen Tsekov GERB
Pazardzhik
Ivan Ivanov GERB
Pernik
Irena Sokolova GERB
Pleven
Tsetska Tsacheva GERB
Plovdiv City
Menda Stoyanova GERB
Plovdiv Oblast
Dimitar Lazarov GERB
Razgrad
Hasan Ademov DPS
Ruse
Plamen Nunev GERB
Silistra
Mithat Tabakov DPS
Sliven
Desislava Taneva GERB
Smolyan
Daniela Daritkova-Prodanova GERB
Sofia 23
Boris Grozdanov GERB
Sofia 24
Monika Panayotova GERB
Sofia 25
Krasimir Velchev GERB
Sofia-province
Emil Dimitrov GERB
Stara Zagora
Ivan Kolev GERB
Targovishte
Kasim Dal DPS
Haskovo
Delyan Dobrev GERB
Shumen
Georgi Kolev DPS
Yambol
Anastas Anastasov GERB

Aftermath

The elections were decisively won by Boyko Borisov's GERB party, which gained 39.72% of the proportional vote and 26 of the 31 majority vote parliament seats, in total 116 and almost half of the Assembly's 240 seats. Until the elections Borisov was Mayor of Sofia and left office to become Prime Minister, until 2005 he was a member of the former king

Coalition for Bulgaria gathered 17.70% but no majority vote seats. The Muslim minority's party Movement for Rights and Freedoms amassed 14.45% and won the remaining five majority vote seats, the nationalist party Attack came fourth with 9.36% of the proportional vote, followed by the right-wing Blue Coalition of former ruling elements with 6.76% and the newly Order, Law and Justice, whose tally was at 4.13%. Parties such as Lider and Saxe-Coburg Gotha's once-ruling NDSV did not cross the 4% threshold and won no seats.[13][14] The voter turnout of 60.20%[15] was perceived as high, but was not unexpected.[16]

As a result of the election,

Sergei Stanishev took the responsibility for the socialists' electoral failure, he did not resign as party leader and continued to lead the party in opposition through to the next election.[20]

See also

References

  1. ^ President Georgi Parvanov chooses 5th July 2009 for date of parliamentary elections[permanent dead link]. Radio Bulgaria. April 29, 2009.
  2. ^ Bulgaria elections. Election Guide.
  3. ^ Александрова, Нина (2009-07-05). "България избира 41-во Народно събрание" (in Bulgarian). Darik News. Retrieved 2009-07-07.
  4. ^ Junior ally supports Bulgarian ruling party's proposal for electoral reform. Southeast European Times. July 2, 2009.
  5. ^ Neue Acht-Prozent-Hürde für Parteibündnisse. Der Standard. April 14, 2009.
  6. ^ Kyustendil Mayor Quits Bulgarian Rightist Coalition Archived June 11, 2011, at the Wayback Machine. Bulgarian News Network. March 31, 2009.
  7. ^ Bulgarian court blocks higher election threshold. Southeast European Times. May 13, 2009.
  8. ^ New Bulgarian coalition denied election registration. Southeast European Times. May 29, 2009
  9. ^ Blue Coalition allowed to take part in vote. Southeast European Times. May 31, 2009.
  10. ^ Централна избирателна комисия Archived 2011-10-07 at the Wayback Machine. Central Election Commission.
  11. ^ НЦИОМ: При 55% активност - ГЕРБ - 29 - 32%, БСП - 20 - 22%, ДПС - 13 - 14%[permanent dead link]. Bgfactor.com. July 3, 2009.
  12. ^ General Elections 2009 - Electoral Turnout Archived 2009-07-07 at the Wayback Machine. Alpha Research.
  13. ^ "Резултати за страната при обработени 100.00% протоколи на СИК в РИК" (in Bulgarian). ЦИК. 2009-07-07. Archived from the original on 2009-07-07. Retrieved 2009-07-07.
  14. ^ "Bulgaria opposition wins election". BBC. 2009-07-06. Retrieved 2009-07-07.
  15. ^ "Избирателна активност за страната към края на изборния ден" (in Bulgarian). Централна избирателна комисия. Archived from the original on 2009-07-08. Retrieved 2009-07-08.
  16. ^ "Висока избирателна активност на изборите прогнозират социолози" (in Bulgarian). Екип Нюз. 2009-07-04. Archived from the original on 2011-07-10. Retrieved 2009-07-08.
  17. ^ "Борисов ще е премиер, остана без часовник заради бас" (in Bulgarian). Dnes.bg. 2009-07-05. Retrieved 2009-07-07.
  18. ^ "Борисов обеща бърз кабинет и съкращения на висши чиновници" (in Bulgarian). Дневник. 2009-07-06. Retrieved 2009-07-07.
  19. ^ Bulgaria Former Tsar, PM Saxe-Coburg Resigns as Party Leader, Novinite, Sofia, 6 July, 2009.Accessed: 10 October 2009.
  20. ^ Борисова, Биляна (2009-07-06). "Станишев: Нося отговорност за всичко, но няма да подам оставка" (in Bulgarian). Дневник. Retrieved 2009-07-07.

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