European elections in Bulgaria 2019

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Result (in%)

 %

40

30th

20th

10

0

31.1

24.4

16.6

7.4

6.1

3.6

11.2

GERB

E.G

DPS

IMRO ^d

DB ^e

Volya

Otherwise.

Gains and losses

compared to 2014

 % p

   8th

   6th

   4th

   2

   0

  -2

  -4

  -6

+0.7

+5.5

-0.7

-3.3

+6.1

+3.6

-5.1

GERB

E.G

DPS

IMRO ^d

DB ^e

Volya

Otherwise.

Remarks:

^d reload past election in alliance with Bulgaria

^e electoral alliance consisting of DSB , Selenite and Ja, Bulgaria

Distribution of seats

     

A total of 17 seats

• GNP : 5
• DPS : 3
• GERB : 6
• DB : 1
• IMRO : 2

The European elections in Bulgaria in 2019 were the fourth election to the European Parliament in Bulgaria since the country joined the European Union. It took place on May 26, 2019 as part of the 2019 European elections .

In Bulgaria, 17 seats were given in the European Parliament .

Starting position

Before the election, the following Bulgarian parties or electoral alliances were represented in the national or European Parliament:

Political party	European party	Seats national parliament	European seats houses of Parliament	Group in the European Parliament
GERB	EPP	95	6th	European People's Party (Christian Democrats)
Democratic Bulgaria *	EVP / - / EGP	-	1
Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP)	SPE	80	3	Progressive Alliance of Social Democrats
United Patriots (OP)	-	27	1	European Conservatives and Reformers
Reload Bulgaria	ACRE	-	1
Movement for Rights and Freedoms (DPS)	ALDE	26th	4th	Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe
Volya	MENL	12	-	( Europe of Nations and Freedom )

^*Electoral alliance of democrats for a strong Bulgaria (DSB, member of the EPP), Yes, Bulgaria and Selenite (member of the EGP)

Petar Kurumbaschew was represented as a non-party member of the S&D parliamentary group.

Survey

Last polls before the election

MarketLinks poll of May 19, 2019

compared to the 2014 election

 %

40

30th

20th

10

0

33.8

31.4

8.9

7.9

5.4

3.3

1.4

7.9

GERB

E.G

VP

DPS

DB

Volya

ABW

Otherwise.

Gains and losses

compared to 2014

 % p

 14th

 12

 10

   8th

   6th

   4th

   2

   0

  -2

  -4

  -6

  -8th

-10

+3.4

+12.5

+2.4

-9.4

-1.1

+3.3

+1.4

+2.5

GERB

E.G

VP

DPS

DB

Volya

ABW

Otherwise.

date	Institute	GERB	E.G	DPS	VP	DB	Volya	ABW	Otherwise.
05/22/2019	Alpha Research	31.1	26.6	13.9	10.0	4.2	4.9	3.2	6.1
May 21, 2019	MarketLinks	31.1	29.8	11.4	10.0	2.6	5.1	-	4.7
May 19, 2019	MarketLinks	33.8	31.4	7.9	8.9	5.4	3.3	1.4	7.9
05/17/2019	trend	31.5	30.4	12.8	9.1	4.2	4.8	2.4	4.8
05/13/2019	SOVA HARIS	34.4	33.5	13.7	8.2	2.1	4.7	1.5	1.9
07/05/2019	Mediana	29.9	31.9	10.7	11.2	3.4	4.9	3.8	4.2
05/04/2019	Specter	32.5	33.2	8.5	9.4	4.2	1.9	2.7	7.6
04/30/2019	Alpha Research	32.2	32.7	9.3	8.9	4.5	1.7	1.2	9.5
04/22/2019	SOVA HARIS	36.1	35.0	11.4	7.1	2.1	4.0	1.3	3.0
04/22/2019	Market Link	35.4	35.9	7.0	5.7	5.3	1.9	-	8.8
04/11/2019	Gallup	31.0	32.1	11.1	8.3	4.5	3.5	1.5	8.0
March 26, 2019	Alpha Research	33.9	33.4	10.6	10.9	5.1	1.9	1.2	5.5
02/13/2019	trend	33.6	31.2	11.7	6.8	4.1	2.7	-	9.9
01/21/2019	MarketLinks	37.9	27.1	10.0	5.7	3.2	2.9	-	9.8
01/21/2019	SOVA HARIS	35.7	32.6	9.4	5.7	3.2	2.9	1.4	9.8
December 20, 2018	Exacta	23.5	20.8	5.1	3.8	2.5	1.0	1.5	-
03.12.2018	Market Link	27.7	24.9	5.7	5.2	4.6	1.5	-	-
December 01, 2018	Market Link	37.9	27.1	10.0	8.5	6.5	1.3	-	8.7
July 25, 2018	Bulgaria barometer	35.3	28.9	15.2	17.8	-	-	-	2.8
European elections 2014		30.4	18.9	17.3	16.7 +	6.5 #	-	4.9	5.4

⁺ BBT (including VMRO-BND), NFSB and Ataka separately

^# Reform bloc

course

Course of the polls from the 2014 election to the 2019 election

Result

Political party		European party	be right	%	+/-	Mandates	+/-	fraction
	GERB	EPP	607.194	31.1	+0.7	6th	± 0	EPP
	E.G	SPE	474.160	24.3	+5.3	5	+1	S&D
	DPS	ALDE	323.510	16.6	−0.7	3	-1	RE
	IMRO	-	143,830	7.4	−3.3	2	+1	EKR
	Democratic Bulgaria (DB) • Democrats for a Strong Bulgaria (DSB) • Selenite • Yes, Bulgaria	0 EPP EGP 0	118,484	6.1	−0.4	1 1 0 0	new ± 0 ± 0 new	EPP
	Volya	MENL	70,830	3.6	New	-
	Desislava Ivancheva		30,310	1.6	New	-
	Mincho Kuminev		22,992	1.2	New	-
	NFSB		22,421	1.2	−1.9	-
	NDSV / New Time		21,315	1.1	+0.2	-
	Ataka		20,906	1.1	−1.9	-
	Rebirth		20,319	1.0	New	-
	Others		139.070	4.0	−2.3	-	-1	-
	No		61,029
Valid votes			2,015,341	96.2%
Invalid votes			80.238	3.8%
total			2,095,561	100%		17th	± 0
Eligible voters / turnout			6,288,656	32.64%	-3.51

Political groups in the European Parliament

Political party		Seats
		number	+/-	%
	European People's Party (EPP)	7th	± 0	41.18%
	Progressive Alliance of Social Democrats (S&D)	5	+1	29.41%
	Renew Europe (RE)	3	−1	17.65%
	European Conservatives and Reformists (EKR)	2	± 0	11.76%
	The Greens / European Free Alliance (Greens / EFA)	0	± 0	0%
	United European Left / Nordic Green Left (GUE / NGL)	0	± 0	0%
	Identity and Democracy (ID)	0	New	0%
total		17th	-	100.0

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/de/search.html?country=BG
2. ↑ https://euelectionsbulgaria.com/democratic-bulgaria-the-urban-liberal-reformists/
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19. ↑ "bTV Новините", 19.20 часа, 31.01.2019.
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21. ↑ https://results.cik.bg/ep2019/rezultati/index.html Central Electoral Commission