Bulgaria (European Parliament constituency)

For elections in the European Union, Bulgaria is a European Parliament constituency, represented by seventeen MEPs. It covers the member state of Bulgaria.

Bulgaria
European Parliament constituency
Location among the 2014 constituencies
Member stateBulgaria
Created2007
MEPs18 (2007–2009)
17 (2009–2011)
18 (2011–2014)
17 (2014–present)
Sources

Current MEPs

As of January 2015[1]

NameNational partyEP group
Nedzhmi AliMovement for Rights and FreedomsALDE
Nikolay BarekovBulgaria without CensorshipECR
Angel DzhambazkiIMRO-BNMECR
Asim AdemovCitizens for European Development of BulgariaEPP
Filiz HyusmenovaMovement for Rights and FreedomsALDE
Iliana IotovaBulgarian Socialist PartyPES
Andrey KovatchevCitizens for European Development of BulgariaEPP
Ilhan KyuchyukMovement for Rights and FreedomsALDE
Svetoslav MalinovDemocrats for Strong BulgariaEPP
Iskra MihaylovaMovement for Rights and FreedomsALDE
Momchil NekovBulgarian Socialist PartyPES
Andrey NovakovCitizens for European Development of BulgariaEPP
Eva MaydellCitizens for European Development of BulgariaEPP
Georgi PirinskiBulgarian Socialist PartyPES
Emil RadevCitizens for European Development of BulgariaEPP
Sergei StanishevBulgarian Socialist PartyPES
Vladimir UrutchevCitizens for European Development of BulgariaEPP

2007
Further information: 2007 European Parliament election in Bulgaria

The 2007 European election was Bulgaria's first since joining the European Union on 2007-01-01 and was held on 2007-05-20.

The top two parties scored 5 seats each; Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria and Bulgarian Socialist Party, followed by the Movement for Rights and Freedoms with four, Ataka with three, and National Movement Simeon II (NDSV) with one. It was considered likely that the result of the election would cause a major political crisis in Bulgaria, due to the expected weak results of the National Movement.[2]

 Summary of the results of Bulgaria's 20 May 2007 election to the European Parliament
2007 • 2009 →
National party European party Leader(s) Votes % +/– Seats +/–
GERB EPP 420,001 21.68 — 5 —
Coalition for Bulgaria (KB) PES 414,786 21.41 — 5 —
Movement for Rights and Freedoms (DPS) ELDR 392,650 20.26 — 4 —
Attack NI 275,237 14.20 — 3 —
National Movement Simeon II ELDR 121,398 6.27 — 1 —
Union of Democratic Forces EPP 91,871 4.74 — 0 —
Democrats for a Strong Bulgaria EPP 84,350 4.35 — 0 —
Coalition of Bulgarian Social Democrats
(Party of Bulgarian Social Democrats, Political Movement "Social Democrats")		 None 37,645 1.94 — 0 —
Agrarian National Union EPP 29,752 1.54 — 0 —
Communist Party None 18,988 0.98 — 0 —
Union of Free Democrats None 14,392 0.74 — 0 —
Green Party EGP 9,976 0.51 — 0 —
Civil Union for New Bulgaria None 9,398 0.49 — 0 —
Order, Law and Justice (RZS) None 9,147 0.47 — 0 —
Mariya Stoyanova Serkedzhieva (independent) None 5,323 0.27 — 0 —
Nikola Petkov Ivanov (independent) None 2,782 0.14 — 0 —
Sources: Izbori2007.eu, Europarl

2009
Further information: 2009 European Parliament election in Bulgaria
 Summary of the results of Bulgaria's 7 June 2009 election to the European Parliament
← 2007 • 2009 • 2014 →
National party European party Leader(s) Votes % +/– Seats +/– Seats (PL) +/–
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

2014
Further information: 2014 European Parliament election in Bulgaria
 Summary of the results of Bulgaria's 25 May 2014 election to the European Parliament
← 2009 • 2014 • 2019 →
National party European party Leader(s) Votes % +/– Seats +/–
GERB EPP Boyko Borisov 680,838 30.40 +6.04 6 1
Coalition for Bulgaria (KB) PES Sergei Stanishev 424,037 18.93 +0.43 4 0
Movement for Rights and Freedoms (DPS) ALDE Party Lyutvi Mestan 386,725 17.27 +3.13 4 1
Bulgaria Without Censorship (BBT) ECR Nikolay Barekov 238,629 10.66 N/A 2 N/A
Reformist Bloc (RB) EPP Radan Kanev 144,532 6.45 N/A 1 N/A
Alternative for Bulgarian Revival (ABV) Georgi Parvanov 90,061 4.02 N/A 0 N/A
National Front for the Salvation of Bulgaria (NFSB) Valeri Simeonov 68,376 3.05 N/A 0 N/A
Attack (PPA) Volen Siderov 66,210 2.96 -9.00 0 2
Others (parties and candidates that won less than 1% of the vote and no seats) 140,022 6.26% — 0 2
Valid votes 2,239,407 94.8%
Blank and invalid votes 122,536 5.2%
Totals 2,361,943 100.00 — 17 1
Electorate (eligible voters) and voter turnout 6,533,828 36.15% -1.34
Source:Central Electoral Commission

2019
Further information: 2019 European Parliament election in Bulgaria
 Summary of the results of Bulgaria's 26 May 2019 election to the European Parliament
← 2014 • 2019 • 2024 →
National party European party Leader(s) Votes % +/– Seats +/–
GERB EPP Boyko Borisov 607,194 31.07 +0.67 6 0
Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) PES Korneliya Ninova 474,160 24.26 +5.33 5 1
Movement for Rights and Freedoms (DPS) ALDE Mustafa Karadaya 323,510 16.55 −0.72 3 1
VMRO ECR Krasimir Karakachanov 143,830 7.36 N/A 2 1
Democratic Bulgaria (DB) EPP N/A / Several 118,484 6.06 N/A 1 N/A
Volya Veselin Mareshki 70,830 3.62 N/A 0 N/A
Desislava Ivancheva Independent candidate 30,310 1.55 N/A 0 N/A
Mincho Kuminev Independent candidate 22,992 1.18 N/A 0 N/A
National Front for the Salvation of Bulgaria (NFSB) Valeri Simeonov 22,421 1.15 −1.90 0 N/A
NDSV / New Time N/A / Several 21,315 1.09 N/A 0 N/A
Attack Volen Siderov 20,906 1.07 −1.89 0 N/A
Revival Kostadin Kostadinov 20,319 1.04 N/A 0 N/A
Coalition for Bulgaria 16.759 0.87 N/A 0 N/A
Others (parties and candidates that won less than 0.50% of the vote and no seats) 61,261 3.04 N/A 0 N/A
None of the above 61,029 — — 0 N/A
Valid votes, calculated 2,015,320 96.2%
Valid votes, acc. to the CEC:
"Общият брой на действителните гласове
(сумата от числата по т. 7 от протоколите на СИК)"		 2.015.341 96.2%
Blank and invalid votes, acc. to the CEC:
"Брой на недействителни гласове
(сумата от числата по т. 6 от протоколите на СИК)"		 80,238 3.8%
Totals, calculated 2,095,558 100.00 — 17 0
Totals, acc. to the CEC:
"Брой на намерените в избирателната/ите кутия/и бюлетини
(сумата от числата по т. 5, от протоколите на СИК)"		 2.095.561
Electorate (eligible voters) and voter turnout:
"Брой на избирателите според избирателните списъци при предаването им на СИК
(сумата от числата по т. 1 от протоколите на СИК)"		 6,288,656 32.64% -3.51
Source:Central Electoral Commission

Warning - election fraud:

  • Because the numbers do not add up (see the mismatch between "calculated" and "acc. to CEC" numbers above)
  • and because balkaninsight.com reports "highly questionable voting patterns across the country";

...election fraud has probably taken place.

gollark: Or some flowchart... I'm sure we have one.
gollark: JEI!
gollark: Which MOD'S?
gollark: Which mod's cables?
gollark: Lit very poorly.

References
  1. "European Parliament / MEPs". European Parliament. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
  2. Bulgarien: EU-Wahl wird Zerreißprobe für Sofia « DiePresse.com
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.