2019 European Parliament election in Bulgaria

The 2019 European Parliament election for the election of the 5th delegation from Bulgaria to the European Parliament will be held on 26 May 2019.[1][2] All seats are up for election. The country forms a single constituency, with members elected by proportional representation using open lists.

Main article: 2019 European Parliament election

2019 European Parliament election in Bulgaria

26 May 2019
All 17 Bulgarian seats in the European Parliament
First party Second party Third party   Leader Boyko Borisov Korneliya Ninova Mustafa Karadaya Party GERB BSP DPS Alliance EPP PES ALDE Leader since 3 December 2006 8 May 2016 24 April 2016 Last election 30.40% 18.93% 17.27% Seats before 6 seats 4 seats 4 seats Seats won 6 5 3 Seat change 0 1 1 Popular vote 607,194 474,160 323,510 Percentage 31.07% 24.26% 16.55% Swing 0.67% 5.33% 0.72%

Outgoing delegation

Members of the European Parliament for Bulgaria
Observers	(2005)
Delegation	(2007)
6th term	(2007)
7th term	(2009)
8th term	(2014)
9th term	(2019)

Bulgarian parties in the European Parliament in the eighth legislature (2014–2019)

Group	17	National party	17
EPP	7	GERB	6
		Democrats for a Strong Bulgaria (DSB)	1
PES	4	Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP)	4
ALDE	4	Movement for Rights and Freedoms (DPS)	4
ECR	2	Bulgaria Without Censorship	1
		IMRO – BNM (VMRO)	1

Opinion polls

Vote share

Among decided voters (figures adjusted where needed)

Fieldwork date	Polling firm	Sample size	GERB SDS	BSP	DPS	VMRO	NFSB	Attack	ABV	DB[lower-alpha 1]	Volya	Others / None	Lead
25 May 2014	Election results		30.4[lower-alpha 2]	18.9[lower-alpha 3]	17.3	10.7[lower-alpha 4]	3.1	3.0	4.0	N/A	N/A	12.6	11.5
20–5 Jul 2018	Bulgaria-Barometer		35.3	28.9	15.2	17.8[lower-alpha 5]			–	–	–	2,8	6.4
2-7 Nov 2018	AFIS	1,010	30.2	32.2	12.0	4.6[lower-alpha 5]			–	–	2.3	18.7	2.0
10-17 Dec 2018	Exacta	1,000	35.8	31.7	7.8	5.8[lower-alpha 5]			1.5	3.8	1.5	12.1	4.1
14-19 Dec 2018	Alpha Research	1,027	33.2	30.9	10.6	6.0[lower-alpha 5]			–	5.6	3.9	9.8	2.3
10-17 Jan 2019	Trend	1,008	33.3	31.1	12.6	6.4[lower-alpha 5]			–	3.6	2.9	10.1	2.2
12-21 Jan 2019	MarketLinks	1,007	37.9	27.1	10.0	8.5[lower-alpha 5]			–	6.5	1.3	8.7	10.8
14-19 Jan 2019	AFIS	1,010	32.9	34.6	11.0	4.7[lower-alpha 5]			–	1.4	1.4	14.0	1.7
19-21 Jan 2019	Sova Harris	985	37.6	32.6	9.4	1.2	1.4	3.0	1.4	3.2	2.9	7.3	5.0
26 Jan-1 Feb 2019	Mediana	810	31.7	32.0	12.3	9.2[lower-alpha 5]			2.3	2.3	2.3	7.9	0.3
5-13 Feb 2019	Trend	1,007	33.6	31.2	11.7	6.8[lower-alpha 5]			–	4.1	2.7	9.9	2.4
15-25 Feb 2019	MarketLinks	1,018	36.2	29.7	8.3	7.5[lower-alpha 5]			–	6.6	2.5	9.2	6.5
19-28 Feb 2019	Exacta	1,000	35.1	29.0	10.3	9.6[lower-alpha 5]			1.5	3.7	1.5	9.3	6.1
22-28 Feb 2019	AFIS	1,010	31.6	37.5	13.0	7.3[lower-alpha 5]			–	1.6	–	9.0	5.9
6-11 Mar 2019	Sova Harris	1,000	38.2	30.6	11.5	3.0	1.3	3.0	1.3	3.2	3.3	4.6	7.6
6-13 Mar 2019	Trend	1,005	33.6	30.4	12.1	4.4	1.8	2.3	–	4.4	3.2	7.8	3.2
22-26 Mar 2019	Alpha Research	1,011	33.9	33.4	10.6	4.1	2.2	2.1	1.2	5.1	1.9	5.5	0.5
4-9 Apr 2019	Mediana	1,001	31.5	32.1	9.5	5.0	2.1	3.8	3.1	2.9	4.9	5.1	0.6
5-11 Apr 2019	Gallup International	1,015	31.0	32.1	11.1	5.0	1.4	1.9	1.5	4.5	3.5	8.0	1.1
5-12 Apr 2019	Trend	1,008	30.5	31.3	12.7	5.5	1.3	2.0	1.3	4.3	3.6	7.5	0.8
12-22 Apr 2019	MarketLinks	1,049	35.4	35.9	7.0	5.7	–	–	–	5.3	1.9	8.8	0.5
16-22 Apr 2019	Sova Harris	995	36.1	35.0	11.4	4.0	–	3.1	1.3	2.1	4.0	3.0	1.1
26 Apr 2019	Start of official election campaign
20-30 Apr 2019	Alpha Research	1,015	32.2	32.7	9.3	6.0	1.7	1.2	1.2	4.5	1.7	9.5	0.5
29 Apr-4 May 2019	Specter	834	32.5	33.2	8.5	4.2	4.0	1.2	2.7	4.2	1.9	7.6	0.7
2-7 May 2019	Mediana	1,008	29.9	31.9	10.7	4.7	3.9	2.6	3.8	3.4	4.9	4.2	2.0
7-14 May 2019	Specter	993	33.0	33.4	8.7	4.1	4.1	1.3	3.5	4.1	1.7	6.1	0.4
8–13 May 2019	Sova Harris	1,000	34.4	33.5	13.7	4.4	–	3.8	1.5	2.1	4.7	1.9	0.9
10-15 May 2019	AFIS	1,604	24.5	25.7	13.2	4.4	1.6	2.6	3.2	2.5	5.5	16.8	1.2
11–17 May 2019	Trend	1,007	31.5	30.4	12.8	5.8	1.3	2.0	2.4	4.2	4.8	4.8	1.1
11–19 May 2019	Marketlinks	1,024	33.8	31.4	7.9	6.5	2.4	–	1.4	5.4	3.3	7.9	2.4
17–21 May 2019	Mediana	1,008	31.1	29.8	11.4	5.6	2.6	3.5	–	2.6	5.1	4.7	1.3
18–22 May 2019	Exacta	1,000	32.4	27.3	13.3	6.5	2.0	2.0	1.8	4.3	4.5	5.9	5.1
19–22 May 2019	Alpha Research	1,016	31.1	26.6	13.9	6.0	2.0	2.0	3.2	4.2	4.9	6.1	4.5
26 May 2019	Election day
Election results			31.1	24.3	16.6	7.4	1.2	1.1	0.9	6.1	3.7	7.6	6.8
Fieldwork date	Polling firm	Sample size						Attack				Others / None	Lead

1. Democratic Bulgaria, a coalition between Yes, Bulgaria!, The Greens and Democrats for a Strong Bulgaria.
2. Results for GERB only; SDS appeared separately in 2014 as part of the Reformist Bloc.
3. As part of Coalition for Bulgaria.
4. As part of a coalition between Bulgaria Without Censorship, VMRO and several smaller parties.
5. This poll was conducted before the three parties failed to reach an agreement to retain the United Patriots coalition.

Results

The official national results as of 29 May 2019 with 100% of the ballots counted are as follows:

 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.

See also

• Bulgaria (European Parliament constituency)

References

1. "Нов уебсайт обяснява как да се гласува на евроизборите" (in Bulgarian). dnevnik.bg. 25 January 2019. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
2. "Президентът насрочи европейските избори на 26 май" (in Bulgarian). dnevnik.bg. 19 March 2019. Retrieved 20 March 2019.

External links

• State Election Commission (in Bulgarian)