General election in Bulgaria July 2021

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Result (in%), counting status 100%

%

30th

20th

10

0

24.1

23.5

13.4

12.6

10.7

5

3.1

3

4.6

ISMV

BP

Flat share

Otherwise.

Gains and losses

compared to April 2021

% p

8th

6th

4th

2

0

-2

-4

-6

-8th

+6.7

−2.3

−1.4

+3.3

+0.3

+0.4

−2.8

+0.6

−7.2

ISMV

BP

Flat share

Otherwise.

On July 11 , 2021 , the new parliamentary elections took place in Bulgaria .It became necessary after the parties represented in parliament were unable to agree on a government after the April 2021 election .

The 240 members of the Bulgarian National Assembly, the Narodno Sabranie, were elected .

organization

Suffrage

All Bulgarian citizens of full age at home and abroad are entitled to vote, with the age of majority being reached at the age of 18.

The electoral system consists of proportional representation through which the 240 members of the National Assembly are elected. Bulgaria is divided into 31 electoral districts, most of which correspond to the country's 28 oblasts . Exceptions are the capital Sofia , which is divided into three electoral districts, and the city of Plovdiv , which forms its own constituency.

In order to enter the National Assembly, a party has to pass the four percent hurdle ( threshold clause ). In the run-up to this, some important changes for voting at home and abroad were passed by the short-lived 45th parliament.

Voting

Voting is only possible in polling stations , there is no postal vote . Abroad, voting is possible in 719 international polling stations in 68 countries, which is the highest number of international polling stations in a Bulgarian election. The legal limit of a maximum of 35 polling stations per non-EU country has been lifted, as it led to great resentment in the numerous diaspora there in the last elections, especially in the UK after Brexit and in the USA. With the changes, most of the international polling stations will be in the United Kingdom (135, including 45 in London and the immediate vicinity), Turkey (127), Germany (116, including 7 in Berlin and 6 in Munich), Spain (67) and the USA (58), France (19), Austria (17, 9 of them in Vienna) and 10 in Switzerland . The opening of additional polling stations, which can now be requested in writing by 40 instead of 60 voters, was introduced in the run-up to the election by parliament in the electoral law.

In the neighboring countries of Bulgaria, 32 polling stations will be opened in Greece , 6 in North Macedonia , 5 in Serbia , 3 in Albania and one in Romania . Polling stations are not opened in missions abroad due to armed conflicts or the pandemic situation in the following countries: Iraq , Syria , Palestine , Libya , Yemen , Afghanistan as well as in Pakistan , North Korea , Mongolia , Ethiopia , Kazakhstan , Uzbekistan , Vietnam and Indonesia .

The most important novelty, however, is the introduction of voting by means of voting machines . Voting is to be done electronically in those polling stations where at least 300 votes were cast in the last election or at least 300 voters applied for a polling station to be opened. The electronic voting is binding for all polling stations in Germany and abroad that meet the requirements.

Starting position

General election in Bulgaria April 2021

Result (in%)

%

30th

20th

10

0

25.7

17.4

14.8

10.3

9.3

4.6

3.6

2.9

2.4

9.0

GERB

ISMV

IMRO

BNO

Flat share

Otherwise.

The incumbent coalition of the conservative GERB party and the nationalist movement United Patriots (VP) no longer received a majority in the April election. The GERB party under Prime Minister Boyko Borissov (in coalition with the UDK ) became the strongest force for the fifth time in a row, but lost significantly in support and achieved the worst result since its foundation in 2006.

For the first time since 2001, no nationalist party made it into the National Assembly. The Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) suffered significant losses and had its worst result since 1990.

As a result, no camp received a majority. Since the parties could not agree on a government, President Rumen Radew announced new elections for July 2021.

The elections were prepared by Janev's interim government .

Parties and candidates

Leading candidates from the main parties

GERB - SDS	ITN	E.G	DPS	Democratic Bulgaria	Stand up! Mafia out! (ISMV)	IMRO-BNB

Boyko Borisov	Slavi Trifonov	Kornelia Ninova	Mustafa Karadaja	Christo Ivanov	Maya Manolova	Krassimir Karakachanov

Candidate parties and coalitions


list	abbreviation	Party (s)	Alignment	Results election April	European party
1	Together for a change	Bulgarian Social Democracy (BSDE) European Security and Integration (ECI) Patriotism 2000	Social democracy interests of the Roma	0.1%	-
2	freedom	freedom	nationalism	-
3	BNU-ND	Bulgarian National Union - New Democracy	nationalism	0.1%	-
4th	GNP for Bulgaria	Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) New beginning (H3) Communist Party Bulgaria (KPB) Ekoglasnost (PKE) Trakia	Social Democracy Left Nationalism Communism Green Politics Nationalism	14.8%	SPE
5	GERB - SDS	GERB Union of Democratic Forces (SDS)	Conservatism , economic liberalism, Christian democracy	25.8%	EPP
6th	Ataka	Ataka	Right-wing extremism	0.5%	-
7th	DPS	Movement for Rights and Freedoms	Liberalism , minority politics	10.4%	ALDE
8th	Stand up! Mafia out! (Izpravi se! Mutri vŭn !; ISMV)	Movement 21 Movement Bulgaria Citizens (DBG) United People's Party	Social Democracy Pro-Europeanism	4.7%	- EPP
9	ME	Political party PEACE	conservatism	0.1%	-
10	APC	Bulgaria of work and reason	Euroscepticism	-	-
11	Rebirth	Rebirth	nationalism	2.4%	-
12th	Podem	Let's get up	Social democracy	-	-
13th	Brigada	brigade		-	-
14th	PD	Direct democracy	Direct democracy	0.1%	-
15th	GPBL	Bulgarian Summer - Citizens' Platform		-
16	Bulgarian patriots	IMRO - Bulgarian National Movement Volya National Front for the Rescue of Bulgaria (NFSB)	Nationalism right-wing populism nationalism	3.6% + 2.3%	EKR ID -
17th	Left Union	Bulgarian Road Socialist Party (SPBP) Bulgarian Line of Progress (BPL) Revitalization of the Fatherland (IM) Bulgarian Communist Party (PBK)	socialism Social democracy conservatism communism	0.1% + 0.1%	-
18th	Green	Green party	Green politics	0.3%	-
19th	National Association of Law	Conservative Association of Law Bulgarian Peasant People's Union (BSNS) Bulgarian Democratic Forum (BDF) Central European Class (SEK)	conservatism Christian Democracy Neofascism	0.3%	-
20th	GN	Voice of the people	populism	0.3%	-
21	RB	Republicans for Bulgaria	conservatism	1.3%	-
22nd	ITN	There is such a people	populism	17.4%	-
23	Democratic Bulgaria	Yes Bulgaria! Democrats for a Strong Bulgaria (DSB) Green Movement	Anti-Corruption Conservatism Green Politics	9.3%	- EPP EGP

Survey

Last polls before the election

Institute	date	GERB	ITN	E.G	DPS	DB	BP ^*	ISMV	Flat share	Otherwise.
trend	07/09/2021	20.5%	21.3%	15.9%	11.3%	12.4%	3.9%	5.1%	3.1%	6.5%
Gallup International	07/08/2021	20.3%	21.3%	15.9%	11.5%	12.2%	4.0%	6.1%	3.1%	5.4%
Alpha Research	07/08/2021	21.5%	21.8%	16.4%	11.1%	12.0%	3.8%	5.4%	3.2%	4.8%
Sova Harris	07/08/2021	22.6%	22.1%	16.0%	10.9%	10.6%	4.5%	5.3%	-	8.0%
Exacta	07/08/2021	21.4%	20.8%	15.8%	11.2%	12.8%	4.0%	4.8%	2.8%	6.4%
Market links	07/05/2021	19.7%	18.8%	16.9%	9.5%	12.5%	2.9%	5.4%	2.4%	11.9%
Analysis and Marketing Center	07/05/2021	20.6%	20.8%	15.5%	11.4%	12.3%	3.3%	4.7%	2.4%	4.7%
Election April 2021	04/04/2021	25.8%	17.4%	14.8%	10.4%	9.3%	5.9%	4.6%	2.4%	11.7%

^* Bulgarian patriots, IMRO-NBB until the end of May

Older polls

April - June 2021

Institute	date	GERB	ITN	E.G	DPS	DB	BP ^*	ISMV	Flat share	Otherwise.
barometer	June 23, 2021	22.5%	18.2%	17.1%	11.6%	9.1%	6.4%	4.3%	1.4%	9.4%
trend	06/22/2021	21.7%	20.2%	16.1%	10.9%	11.2%	3.9%	5.0%	2.3%	8.7%
Sova Harris	06/18/2021	22.4%	21.7%	18.7%	11.4%	11.1%	4.9%	5.4%	-	4.4%
Gallup International	06/17/2021	21%	21.2%	15.9%	11.9%	12.1%	3.5%	5.8%	2.7%	5.9%
Mediana	06/17/2021	21.4%	24.0%	21.3%	11.2%	7.2%	5.1%	6.9%	1.5%	1.4%
Alpha Research	06/07/2021	20.3%	18.2%	14.4%	9.9%	11.9%	3.4%	5.3%	2.8%	13.8%
Market links	06/03/2021	21.0%	17.6%	17.1%	9.4%	11.8%	2.9%	4.2%	1.8%	14.2%
Gallup International	05/19/2021	22.8%	20.1%	16.1%	11.2%	11.6%	3.1%	5.6%	2.6%	6.9%
Market links	04/23/2021	23.2%	22.3%	18.1%	10.3%	13.0%	3.0%	6.5%	1.9%	1.4%
Gallup International	04/14/2021	27.2%	23.2%	13.8%	10.4%	12.0%	-	4.3%	-	-
Election April 2021	04/04/2021	25.8%	17.4%	14.8%	10.4%	9.3%	5.9%	4.6%	2.4%	11.7%

course

Polls averaged over monthly poll results, from the April 2021 election to the July 21 election

Results

Overall result

Political party		voices			Seats
Political party		number	in %	+/-	number	+/-
	GERB - SDS GERB Union of Democratic Forces (SDS)
	There is such a people (ITN)
	GNP for Bulgaria (BSPzB)
	Democratic Bulgaria (DB) Yes, Bulgaria! (DaB!) Democrats for a Strong Bulgaria (DSB) Green Movement (ZD)
	Movement for Rights and Freedoms (DPS)
	Stand up! Mafia out! (ISMV)
	Bulgarian Patriots (BP)
	Rebirth (WG)
	Others
	Against all parties
total			100.00		240
Eligible voters / turnout
Source: Bulgarian Electoral Commission

Result by district

Results in percent.

District	GERB	ITN	E.G	DB	DPS	ISMV	BP	BNO	Flat share	Otherwise.
Blagoevgrad
Burgas
Haskovo
Dobrich
Gabrovo
Yambol
Kardzhali
Kyustendil
Lovech
Montana
Pazardzhik
Pernik
Pleven
Plovdiv (Oblast)
Plovdiv (city)
Razgrad
Russian
Shumen
Silistra
Sliven
Smolyan
Sofia (Oblast)
Sofia (City 23)
Sofia (City 24)
Sofia (city 25)
Stara Sagora
Targovishte
Varna
Veliko Tarnovo
Vidin
Wraza
foreign countries
Bulgaria (total)

Results abroad

The results abroad differ significantly from those in Bulgaria:

Political party	voices	Percentage
There is such a people (ITN)	47,662	35%
Democratic Bulgaria (DB)	29,199	19%
Movement for Rights and Freedoms (DPS)	24,882	18%
GERB-SDS	12,317	9%
Rebirth (WB)	8,444	6%
Stand up! Mafia out!	4,968	4%
GNP for Bulgaria	4,845	4%

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ПАРЛАМЕНТАРНИ ИЗБОРИ | 11 ЮЛИ 2021 , on results.cik.bg

↑ Bulgaria's president to call July election and appoint technocrat interim government. May 5, 2021, accessed May 7, 2021 .

↑ ^a ^b ^c Raliza Fitschewa: The Bulgarians abroad will be able to cast their votes in at least 502 polling stations. In: Dnevnik.bg . May 19, 2021, accessed May 20, 2021 (Bulgarian).