Parliamentary election in Bulgaria 2017

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Result (in%)
 %
40
30th
20th
10
0
32.65
27.20
9.07
8.99
4.15
3.06
14.88
Otherwise.
Gains and losses
compared to 2014
 % p
 12
 10
   8th
   6th
   4th
   2
   0
  -2
  -4
  -6
-0.02
+11.80
-2.73
-5.85
+4.15
-5.83
+8.32
Otherwise.
Template: election chart / maintenance / notes
Remarks:
c “ Patriotic Front ” electoral alliance together with Ataka .

The parliamentary elections in Bulgaria 2017 took place on March 26, 2017. The election was brought forward after Prime Minister Boyko Borisov resigned on November 14, 2016.

background

In the parliamentary elections in Bulgaria in 2014 , the conservative GERB was able to defend its status as the party with the highest number of votes. The GERB party leader Boyko Borissow formed a governing coalition with the reform bloc and the ABW (which left the government in May 2016), which was also supported by the parties of the Patriotic Front .

In the 2016 presidential election in Bulgaria, GERB candidate Zezka Zacheva was clearly defeated by Rumen Radew , who was supported by the socialist BSP . Borissov then announced his resignation, as he had promised before the election. A new coalition could not be formed.

The current parliamentary election was also seen as a directional decision for future Bulgarian politics. While GERB pursues a pro-Western course, the socialists are seen as more pro-Russia. In the run-up to the election, for example, the top candidate of the socialists Kornelia Ninova spoke out in favor of lifting the economic sanctions imposed on Russia in the wake of the Crimean crisis . However, she denied assumptions that the election of a socialist-led government would increase Russia's influence on Bulgarian politics.

The roughly 600,000 ethnic Balkan Turks , some of whom elect their own political parties , also play a role in Bulgarian politics . The DOST (ДОСТ) party, which was founded in 2016 and has close ties to the AKP of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan , is openly supported by the official Turkish side . The partisanship of Turkish politicians has been criticized by various Bulgarian politicians as unacceptable interference.

Parties and coalitions of parties

The following parties and party coalitions took part:

Party / party coalition Alignment / annotation European party
GERB liberal-conservative, pro-European EPP
GNP for Bulgaria Electoral alliance ( BSP and five smaller parties); social democratic to communist, Russophile SPE (only BSP)
Movement for Rights and Freedoms (DPS) liberal, representing the Turkish minority ALDE
United patriots Electoral alliance ( NFSB , Ataka , IMRO ); nationalistic, right-wing extremist, EU-skeptical EKR parliamentary group (IMRO only)
Reform bloc Electoral alliance ( SDS , BZNS, BNG , BND ); liberal, Christian democratic EVP (SDS only)
Bulgaria without censorship conservative, right-wing populist ECR group
Alternative for the Bulgarian Rebirth - Movement 21 Electoral alliance; social democratic, liberal, russophile
Movement "Yes, Bulgaria" Electoral alliance ( Greens , DEOS); green, liberal EGP (only greens)
Coalition of the Dissatisfied social democratic, Christian democratic electoral alliance
Party of the Greens Green politics EGP
WHO - Bulgarian Left and Green Party Electoral alliance; left-green EL (left), EGP (green)
New republic Electoral alliance ( DSB and two small parties); national conservative, pro-European EVP (only DSB)
Bulgarian Democratic Center conservative
Will (Volya) populist
Radical Change Movement "Bulgarian Spring" left-nationalist
Bulgarian National Association
Rebirth right-wing nationalist
National Republican Party
Movement for a Same Public Model (DROM)
Movement Forward Bulgaria
Association DOST Electoral alliance DOST (Turkish interests, neo-Ottoman ), freedom and dignity (liberal)

Survey

Weekly averages of surveys in 2017

Results

For electoral purposes, Bulgaria is divided into 31 constituencies. 26 of them are congruent with the respective district ( oblast ), while the Plovdiv Oblast is divided into the constituencies of Plovdiv City and Country and the capital Sofia into three constituencies. The approximately 140,000 votes cast in Bulgarian diplomatic missions abroad in 2017 are shown separately.

Distribution of seats
     
A total of 240 seats
Political party be right percent Seats +/-
GERB
(ГЕРБ) 		1,147,283 32.65 95 +11
Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP)
(БСП за БЪЛГАРИЯ) 		955.490 27.20 80 +41
United Patriots
(ОБЕДИНЕНИ ПАТРИОТИ - НФСБ, АТАКА и ВМРО) 		318,513 9.07 27 -3
Movement for Rights and Freedoms
(Движение за права и свободи - ДПС) 		315.976 8.99 26th -12
Volja
(ВОЛЯ) 		145,637 4.15 12 (New)
Reform bloc
(РЕФОРМАТОРСКИ БЛОК - ГЛАС НАРОДЕН) 		107,399 3.06 0 -23
Movement "Yes, Bulgaria"
(КП ДВИЖЕНИЕ ДА БЪЛГАРИЯ (Зелените. ДЕОС)) 		101.217 2.88 0 0
Association DOST
(Обединение ДОСТ) 		100,481 2.86 0 (New)
New Republic
(Нова Република - ДСБ. Съюз за Пловдив. Българска демократична общност) 		86,984 2.48 0 (New)
Alternative for the Bulgarian Rebirth - Movement 21
(Коалиция АБВ - Движение21) 		54,409 1.55 0 –11
Rebirth
(ПП Възраждане) 		37,881 1.08 0 (New)
Party of the Greens
(партия на ЗЕЛЕНИТЕ) 		10.157 0.29 0 0
Radical Change Movement "Bulgarian Spring"
(ПП Движение за радикална промяна Българската пролет) 		9,229 0.26 0 (New)
Movement Forward Bulgaria
(Политическа партия Движение Напред България) 		6,647 0.19 0 (New)
Coalition of the Dissatisfied
(КОАЛИЦИЯ НА НЕДОВОЛНИТЕ (БСД - Евролевица. Българска
Социалдемократическа партия. Христизна)) Христизняна) 		5,945 0.17 0 (New)
Movement for a Same Public Model (DROM)
(ПП ДРОМ) 		4,988 0.14 0 (New)
All 13 remaining parties together and independently 17,368 0.50 0 −15
"None of the parties standing for election"
(Не подкрепям никого) 		87,854 2.50 - -
total 3,655,646 100.0 240 -
Source: Central Electoral Commission (Централна избирателна комисия)

The GERB won in 22 constituencies, the BPS in six and the DPS in three constituencies. The GERB achieved the best results at constituency level in Gabrovo (40.01%), Plovdiv City (38.78%) and Yambol (38.67%). The BSP won constituencies in the north-west and north of the country, with the best results in Vidin (38.05%), Vraza (35.03%) and Montana (33.60%). The DPS won the constituencies of Kardzhali (44.92%), Razgrad (33.87%) and Targovishte (33.28%), but did not run for elections in the three Sofia constituencies and Kyustendil Oblast and missed four constituencies the 4% hurdle. In Kardzhali Oblast, where all parties except the DPS achieved their worst result, the United Patriots also missed the 4% hurdle, their strongholds in Yambol (13.64%), Russian (13.32%) and Pleven ( 12.17%). Volja overcame the 4% hurdle in only ten constituencies; the party achieved the best result with 11.76% in Varna. The association DOST, which is closely related to the Turkish ruling party AKP , entered only 14 constituencies and overcame the 4% hurdle in five constituencies; it was in Kardzhali with 21.59% and among the Bulgarians who vote abroad with 17.27% in each case the second strongest force. In the three constituencies of Sofia, the “Yes, Bulgaria” movement , which remained below 3% nationwide, also achieved results between five and ten percent.

After the election

At its constituent session on April 19, 2017, Parliament voted for Dimitar Glawchew (GERB) as the new chairman. On May 4, 2017, Boyko Borissov was re-elected Prime Minister. His government is based on a coalition of GERB with the United Patriots and is also supported by the populist Wille party .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Bulgaria is facing new elections. der Standard, December 20, 2016, accessed March 26, 2017 .
  2. ↑ Pro-Western Conservatives win election in Bulgaria. Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, March 26, 2017, accessed on March 26, 2017 .
  3. ↑ "Unacceptable Interference". ORF, accessed on March 26, 2017 .
  4. ↑ Stephan Ozsváth: Election campaign for the Turks: Ankara interferes in the elections in Bulgaria. ARD Vienna, March 25, 2017, accessed on March 26, 2017 .
  5. ↑ a b c d e f g Information from the electoral commission for the individual constituencies , accessed on November 5, 2018.
  6. ↑ Bulgaria's parliamentary president becomes more bourgeois. Der Standard, April 19, 2017, accessed May 5, 2017.
  7. ^ Conservative Borisov elected head of government. Spiegel Online, May 4, 2017, accessed on the same day.
  8. ^ Right- wing government starts in Sofia. Der Standard, May 4, 2017, accessed on the same day.