2009 Bulgarian parliamentary election
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All 240 seats in the National Assembly 121 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Turnout | 60.64% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
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Parliamentary elections were held in
Background
The 2009 elections saw the debut of a parallel
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
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]
- Order, Law and Justice (Ред, Законност, Справедливост)
- Lider(Лидер)
- GERB (ГЕРБ)
- Movement for Rights and Freedoms (ДПС)
- Attack (Атака)
- Coalition for Bulgaria (led by the Bulgarian Socialist Party) (Коалиция за България)
- Union of the Patriotic Forces "Defense" (Съюз на Патриотичните Сили "Защита")
- National Movement for Stability and Progress (formerly the National Movement Simeon II) (НДСВ)
- Coalition BANU (Коалиция БЗНС)(disqualified from the election)
- Bulgarian Left Coalition (Българска Лява Коалиция)
- Party of the Liberal Alternative and Peace (Партия на Либералната Алтернатива и Мира (ПЛАМ))
- The Greens(ПП Зелените)
- Social Democrats (Социалдемократи)
- VMRO – Bulgarian National Movement (ВМРО – Българско Национално Движение)(disqualified from the election)
- The Other Bulgaria (ПП Другата България)
- Union of the Bulgarian Patriots (Обединение на Българските Патриоти)
- National Movement for the Salvation of the Fatherland (Политическа партия "Национално движение за спасение на Отечеството")
- Bulgarian National Union – New Democracy (Български Национален Съюз – НД)
- Blue Coalition (Синята Коалиция)
- For the Homeland (За Родината – ДГИ-НЛ)
Opinion polls
- The following are the polls for the proportional vote:
Source | Date | Turnout | GERB | BSP
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DPS | Ataka | BC | NDSV | Lider
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RZS | |
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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
Party | Proportional | Constituency | Total seats | +/– | |||||
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Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | ||||
GERB | 1,678,641 | 39.72 | 90 | 1,554,609 | 39.40 | 26 | 116 | New | |
Coalition for Bulgaria | 748,147 | 17.70 | 40 | 792,218 | 20.08 | 0 | 40 | −42 | |
Movement for Rights and Freedoms | 610,521 | 14.45 | 33 | 346,431 | 8.78 | 5 | 38 | +4 | |
Attack | 395,733 | 9.36 | 21 | 372,608 | 9.44 | 0 | 21 | 0 | |
Blue Coalition | 285,662 | 6.76 | 15 | 258,190 | 6.54 | 0 | 15 | −22 | |
Order, Law and Justice | 174,582 | 4.13 | 10 | 167,011 | 4.23 | 0 | 10 | New | |
Lider | 137,795 | 3.26 | 0 | 153,980 | 3.90 | 0 | 0 | New | |
National Movement for Stability and Progress | 127,470 | 3.02 | 0 | 169,098 | 4.29 | 0 | 0 | –53 | |
The Greens | 21,841 | 0.52 | 0 | 26,130 | 0.66 | 0 | 0 | New | |
For the Homeland | 11,524 | 0.27 | 0 | 365 | 0.01 | 0 | 0 | – | |
Bulgarian Left Coalition | 8,762 | 0.21 | 0 | 12,047 | 0.31 | 0 | 0 | – | |
Union of the Patriotic Forces "Defense" | 6,368 | 0.15 | 0 | 7,372 | 0.19 | 0 | 0 | – | |
Political Movement "Social Democrats" | 5,004 | 0.12 | 0 | 2,581 | 0.07 | 0 | 0 | New | |
Bulgarian New Democracy | 3,813 | 0.09 | 0 | 4,479 | 0.11 | 0 | 0 | New | |
The Other Bulgaria | 3,455 | 0.08 | 0 | 164 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | New | |
Party of the Liberal Alternative and Peace | 2,828 | 0.07 | 0 | 117 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | – | |
Union of the Bulgarian Patriots | 2,175 | 0.05 | 0 | 4,463 | 0.11 | 0 | 0 | – | |
National Movement for the Salvation of the Fatherland | 1,874 | 0.04 | 0 | 3,289 | 0.08 | 0 | 0 | New | |
Independents | 70,676 | 1.79 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Total | 4,226,195 | 100.00 | 209 | 3,945,828 | 100.00 | 31 | 240 | 0 | |
Valid votes | 4,226,195 | 97.75 | |||||||
Invalid/blank votes | 97,387 | 2.25 | |||||||
Total votes | 4,323,582 | 100.00 | |||||||
Registered voters/turnout | 7,129,965 | 60.64 | |||||||
Source: CIK, |
The following members were elected through
Constituency | Member | Party | |
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Blagoevgrad
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Lyben Tatarski | GERB | |
Burgas
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Bozhidar Stoyanov | GERB | |
Varna
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Krasimir Petrov | GERB | |
Veliko Tarnovo
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Tsvetan Tsvetanov | GERB | |
Vidin
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Lyubomila Stanislavova | GERB | |
Vratsa
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Nikolay Kotsev | GERB | |
Gabrovo
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Galina Bankovska | GERB | |
Dobrich
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Rumen Ivanov | GERB | |
Kardzhali
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Ahmed Dogan | DPS | |
Kyustendil
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Valentin Mikev | GERB | |
Lovech
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Anatoliy Yordanov | GERB | |
Montana
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Plamen Tsekov | GERB | |
Pazardzhik
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Ivan Ivanov | GERB | |
Pernik
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Irena Sokolova | GERB | |
Pleven
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Tsetska Tsacheva | GERB | |
Plovdiv City
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Menda Stoyanova | GERB | |
Plovdiv Oblast
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Dimitar Lazarov | GERB | |
Razgrad
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Hasan Ademov | DPS | |
Ruse
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Plamen Nunev | GERB | |
Silistra
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Mithat Tabakov | DPS | |
Sliven
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Desislava Taneva | GERB | |
Smolyan
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Daniela Daritkova-Prodanova | GERB | |
Sofia 23
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Boris Grozdanov | GERB | |
Sofia 24
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Monika Panayotova | GERB | |
Sofia 25
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Krasimir Velchev | GERB | |
Sofia-province
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Emil Dimitrov | GERB | |
Stara Zagora
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Ivan Kolev | GERB | |
Targovishte
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Kasim Dal | DPS | |
Haskovo
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Delyan Dobrev | GERB | |
Shumen
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Georgi Kolev | DPS | |
Yambol
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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
As a result of the election,
See also
References
- ^ President Georgi Parvanov chooses 5th July 2009 for date of parliamentary elections[permanent dead link]. Radio Bulgaria. April 29, 2009.
- ^ Bulgaria elections. Election Guide.
- ^ Александрова, Нина (2009-07-05). "България избира 41-во Народно събрание" (in Bulgarian). Darik News. Retrieved 2009-07-07.
- ^ Junior ally supports Bulgarian ruling party's proposal for electoral reform. Southeast European Times. July 2, 2009.
- ^ Neue Acht-Prozent-Hürde für Parteibündnisse. Der Standard. April 14, 2009.
- ^ Kyustendil Mayor Quits Bulgarian Rightist Coalition Archived June 11, 2011, at the Wayback Machine. Bulgarian News Network. March 31, 2009.
- ^ Bulgarian court blocks higher election threshold. Southeast European Times. May 13, 2009.
- ^ New Bulgarian coalition denied election registration. Southeast European Times. May 29, 2009
- ^ Blue Coalition allowed to take part in vote. Southeast European Times. May 31, 2009.
- ^ Централна избирателна комисия Archived 2011-10-07 at the Wayback Machine. Central Election Commission.
- ^ НЦИОМ: При 55% активност - ГЕРБ - 29 - 32%, БСП - 20 - 22%, ДПС - 13 - 14%[permanent dead link]. Bgfactor.com. July 3, 2009.
- ^ General Elections 2009 - Electoral Turnout Archived 2009-07-07 at the Wayback Machine. Alpha Research.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Bulgaria opposition wins election". BBC. 2009-07-06. Retrieved 2009-07-07.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Борисов ще е премиер, остана без часовник заради бас" (in Bulgarian). Dnes.bg. 2009-07-05. Retrieved 2009-07-07.
- ^ "Борисов обеща бърз кабинет и съкращения на висши чиновници" (in Bulgarian). Дневник. 2009-07-06. Retrieved 2009-07-07.
- ^ Bulgaria Former Tsar, PM Saxe-Coburg Resigns as Party Leader, Novinite, Sofia, 6 July, 2009.Accessed: 10 October 2009.
- ^ Борисова, Биляна (2009-07-06). "Станишев: Нося отговорност за всичко, но няма да подам оставка" (in Bulgarian). Дневник. Retrieved 2009-07-07.
External links
- NSD: European Election Database - Bulgaria Archived 2016-03-20 at the Wayback Machine publishes regional level election data; allows for comparisons of election results, 1990-2009