2009 European Parliament election in Bulgaria

2009 European Parliament election in Bulgaria

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18 seats to the European Parliament
TurnoutIncrease 37.5%
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Rumiana Jeleva Ivaylo Kalfin Filiz Hyusmenova
Party GERB BSP DPS
Alliance EPP S&D ALDE
Last election 5 seats, 21.68% 5 seats, 21.41% 4 seats, 20.26%
Seats won 5 4 3
Seat change Steady Decrease 1 Decrease 1
Popular vote 627,693 476,618 364,197
Percentage 24.36% 18.50% 14.14%
Swing Increase 2.68 Decrease 2.91 Decrease 6.12

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Dimitar Stoyanov Meglena Kuneva Nadezhda Mihaylova
Party Ataka NDSV SDS-DSB
Alliance NI ALDE EPP
Last election 3 seats, 14.20% 1 seat, 6,27% 0 seats, 9,09% [a]
Seats won 2 2 2
Seat change Decrease 1 Increase 1 Increase 2
Popular vote 308,052 205,146 204,817
Percentage 11.96% 7.96% 7.95%
Swing Decrease 2.24 Increase 1.69 Decrease 1.14

The election of the delegation from Bulgaria to the European Parliament was held on Sunday, 7 June 2009. 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 increased to 18 again, giving a second seat to the Blue Coalition.

Background

This election is the first one, in which Bulgaria elects MEP for the full five-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
Alpha Research Archived 2 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine March 19.2% 14.1% 6.0% 6.8% 4.9%
Alpha Research April 24% 18% 15% 8% 7%
NCIOM[permanent dead link] 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

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
GERB627,69324.3650
Coalition for Bulgaria476,61818.504–1
Movement for Rights and Freedoms364,19714.143–1
Attack308,05211.962–1
National Movement for Stability and Progress205,1467.962+1
Blue Coalition204,8177.951+1[b]
Liberal Initiative for Democratic European Development146,9845.700New
Order, Law and Justice120,2804.6700
Forwards (IMRO-BNDZNSGergyovdenENP)57,9312.250New
The Greens18,4440.720New
Bulgarian Social Democracy14,1320.550New
Union of Patriotic Forces "Defence"11,9040.460New
Bulgarian New Democracy11,6790.450New
Independents8,5650.3300
Total2,576,442100.0017–1
Valid votes2,576,44299.03
Invalid/blank votes25,2450.97
Total votes2,601,687100.00
Registered voters/turnout6,684,77038.92
Source: CIK

Elected MEPs

The following 18 MEP were elected:[1]

5 MEPs from GERB that joined the European People's Party group:

  1. Rumiana Jeleva
  2. Vladimir Urutchev
  3. Iliana Ivanova
  4. Emil Stoyanov
  5. Maria Nedeltcheva

4 MEPs from the Coalition for Bulgaria that joined the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats:

  1. Ivaylo Kalfin
  2. Iliana Yotova
  3. Kristian Vigenin
  4. Evgeni Kirilov

3 MEPs from Movement for Rights and Freedoms that joined the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe group:

  1. Filiz Husmenova
  2. Vladko Panayotov
  3. Metin Kazak

2 MEPs from Attack that sat as Non-inscrits:

  1. Dimitar Stoyanov
  2. Slavcho Binev

2 MEPs from National Movement for Stability and Progress that joined the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe group:

  1. Meglena Kuneva
  2. Antonia Parvanova

1 MEP from Union of Democratic Forces that joined the European People's Party group:

  1. Nadezhda Mihaylova

1 MEP from Democrats for a Strong Bulgaria that joined the European People's Party group:

  1. Svetoslav Malinov

See also

External links

  • Official website (in Bulgarian)
  • EurActiv summary of the issues and lists
  • Lists on the ballot for the European Parliament election, 2009 (Bulgaria)

References

  1. ^ "Избори за Европейски Парламент 2009". Archived from the original on 9 June 2009. Retrieved 10 June 2009.

Notes

  1. ^ This is the combined result of the SDS and the DSB which hadn’t yet unified prior to the previous election, therefore failing to win a seat.
  2. ^ 2 seats, following the Treaty of Lisbon
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