2009 European Parliament election in Bulgaria
The European Parliament election of 2009 in Bulgaria was held on Sunday 7 June 2009 and was the election of the delegation from Bulgaria to the European Parliament. As a result of the Treaty of Nice – that became active in November 2004 – the number of Bulgarian delegates in the European Parliament decreased from 18 (in 2007) to 17 delegates. When the Treaty of Lisbon was ratified, the number of Bulgarian Delegates went back up to 18.
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18 seats to the European Parliament | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Turnout | 37.5% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Background
This election is the first one, in which Bulgaria elects MEP for the full 5-year term. Most political analysts viewed these elections as a rehearsal to the 2009 Bulgarian parliamentary election. It was speculated that if similar results were obtained on the latter elections, that the formation of government would be extremely difficult. This did not turn out to be the case.
Opinion polls
Source | Date | GERB | BSP | DPS | Attack | Blue Coalition | Others |
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Alpha Research | March | 19.2% | 14.1% | 6.0% | 6.8% | 4.9% | – |
Alpha Research | April | 24% | 18% | 15% | 8% | 7% | – |
NCIOM | 19 May | 32.4% | 26.8% | 12.1% | 11% | 6.2% | 6.8% |
Skala | 28 May | 31.99% | 20.89% | 13.61% | 9.70% | 10.21% | 13.1% |
MBMD | 31 May | 30.00% | 25.00% | 19.00% | 8.10% | 6.07% | 7.1% |
Skala | 1 June | 30.30% | 21.42% | 15.03% | 9.77% | 8.94% | 14.54% |
Skala | 2 June | 31.15% | 20.87% | 15.18% | 9.46% | 8.80% | 14.54% |
Barometar Info | 3 June | 26.07% | 17.54% | 15.00% | 8.53% | 9.24% | 18.95% |
Skala | 4 June | 29.50% | 20.95% | 16.55% | 10.30% | 8.22% | 14.48% |
Results
The Official national results as of 10 June 2009 are as follows:[1]
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National party | European party | Leader(s) | Votes | % | +/– | Seats | +/– | Seats (PL) | +/– | |
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GERB | EPP | 627,693 | 24.36 | 2.68 ![]() |
5 | 0 ![]() |
5 | 0 ![]() | ||
Coalition for Bulgaria (KB) | PES | 476,618 | 18.50 | 2.91 ![]() |
4 | 1 ![]() |
4 | 0 ![]() | ||
Movement for Rights and Freedoms (DPS) | ELDR | 364,197 | 14.14 | 6.12 ![]() |
3 | 1 ![]() |
3 | 0 ![]() | ||
Attack (PPA) | NI | 308,052 | 11.96 | 2.24 ![]() |
2 | 1 ![]() |
2 | 0 ![]() | ||
National Movement for Stability and Progress (NDSV) | ELDR | 205,146 | 7.96 | 1.89 ![]() |
2 | 1 ![]() |
2 | 0 ![]() | ||
Blue Coalition (SK) | EPP | 204,817 | 7.95 | 1.14 ![]() |
1 | 1 ![]() |
2 | 1 ![]() | ||
Liberal Initiative for Democratic European Development (LIDER) | None | 146,984 | 5.70 | new | 0 | 0 ![]() |
0 | 0 ![]() | ||
Order, Law and Justice (RZS) | None | 120,280 | 4.67 | 4.20 ![]() |
0 | 0 ![]() |
0 | 0 ![]() | ||
IMRO – Bulgarian National Movement (ВМРО) | None | 57,931 | 2.25 | new | 0 | 0 ![]() |
0 | 0 ![]() | ||
Others (parties and candidates that won less than 1% of the vote and no seats) | 64,716 | 2.51 | — | 0 | 0 ![]() |
0 | 0 ![]() | |||
Valid votes | 2,576,434 | 99.03 | ||||||||
Blank and invalid votes | 25,245 | 0.97 | ||||||||
Totals | 2,601,679 | 100.00 | — | 17 | 1 ![]() |
18 | 1 ![]() | |||
Electorate (eligible voters) and voter turnout | 6,684,770 | 37.49 | ||||||||
Source: Bulgarian website |
Elected MEPs
The following 18 MEP were elected:[2]
5 MEPs from GERB that joined the European People's Party group:
- Rumiana Jeleva
- Vladimir Urutchev
- Iliana Ivanova
- Emil Stoyanov
- Maria Nedeltcheva
4 MEPs from the Coalition for Bulgaria that joined the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats:
- Ivaylo Kalfin
- Iliana Yotova
- Kristian Vigenin
- Evgeni Kirilov
3 MEPs from Movement for Rights and Freedoms that joined the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe group:
- Filiz Husmenova
- Vladko Panayotov
- Metin Kazak
2 MEPs from Attack that sat as Non-inscrits:
2 MEPs from National Movement for Stability and Progress that joined the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe group:
1 MEP from Union of Democratic Forces that joined the European People's Party group:
- Nadezhda Mihaylova
1 MEP from Democrats for a Strong Bulgaria that joined the European People's Party group:
See also
- 2007 European Parliament election in Bulgaria
- 2014 European Parliament election in Bulgaria
- 2009 European Parliament election
- European Parliament elections,Bulgaria