Bulgaria

 

Results of the 2024 European elections

 

List of Bulgarian MEPs

 

Results of the 2019 European elections

 

Electoral Procedures

Election Dates : 9 June 2024
> Number of MEPs : 17
> At what age can one vote? 18 years
> At what age can one be elected? 21 years
> Who can vote? Every registered Bulgarian or European citizens living in Bulgaria.

 

Electoral rules

> Voting method : Preferential vote
> Means for attributing seats : D’Hare Niemeyer Method
>Can candidates be chosen from a list? Yes
>Number of districts : 1

 

Institutions and political situation

Democratic parliamentary republic
– Head of State : Rumen Radev
– Prime Minister : Nikolay Denkov (rotating position every 9 month with Mariya Gabriel)

 

Economy

Currency : Bulgarian lev (BGN) (fixed exchange rate : 1€ = 1.9558 BGN)
> GDP : €84 560 million (2022)
> GDP per capita (PPS) : €7 250 (2022)
> GDP Growth : 1.5% (2023)
> Unemployment: 5.3% (August 2023)
> Inflation : 7.7% (August 2023)
> Public Debt: 20.2 % of the GDP (2022)

 

Geography and population

– Surface Area : 100 910 km² (source : The CIA World Factbook)
– 6.8 million inhabitants (est. 2023)

 

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