{"id":5286,"date":"2023-09-28T18:04:55","date_gmt":"2023-09-28T16:04:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2024.electionseuropeennes.eu\/bulgarie\/"},"modified":"2024-06-25T12:30:10","modified_gmt":"2024-06-25T10:30:10","slug":"bulgaria","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.electionseuropeennes.eu\/en\/bulgaria\/","title":{"rendered":"Bulgaria"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Bulgaria<\/h1>\n

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Results of the 2024 European elections<\/h2>\n

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Political Party<\/th>European affiliation<\/th>Number of votes<\/th>Percentage of votes<\/th>Number of seats<\/th>Trend compared with 2019<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
GERB - SDS\/\u0413\u0415\u0420\u0411 - \u0421\u0414\u0421 Coalition Grazhdani za evropeysko razvitie na Balgariya<\/td>EPP<\/td><\/td>23.50%<\/td>5<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
PP - DB\/\u041f\u041f - \u0414\u0411 Coalition Prodalzhavame promyanata \u2013 Demokratichna<\/td>EPP \/ Renew Europe<\/td><\/td>14.91%<\/td>1 \/ 2<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Vazrazhdane\/\u0412\u044a\u0437\u0440\u0430\u0436\u0434\u0430\u043d\u0435<\/td>NI<\/td><\/td>14.24%<\/td>3<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
DPS\/\u0414\u041f\u0421 Dvizhenie za prava i svobodi<\/td>Renew Europe<\/td><\/td>13.48%<\/td>3<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BSP\/\u0411\u0421\u041f Bulgarska sotsialisticheska partiy<\/td>S&D<\/td><\/td>7.07%<\/td>2<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
ITN\/\u0418\u0422\u041d Ima takav narod<\/td>NI<\/td><\/td>6.17%<\/td>1<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/span><\/p>\n

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List of Bulgarian MEPs<\/h2>\n
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MEP<\/th>Gender<\/th>National party<\/th>Political group in the European Parliament<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Andrey Kovachev<\/td>m<\/td>GERB - SDS\/\u0413\u0415\u0420\u0411 - \u0421\u0414\u0421 Coalition Grazhdani za evropeysko razvitie na Balgariya - Sayuz na demokratichnite sili
\n(National parties that are members of this coalition)<\/td>		EPP<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Andrey Novakov<\/td>m<\/td>GERB - SDS\/\u0413\u0415\u0420\u0411 - \u0421\u0414\u0421 Coalition Grazhdani za evropeysko razvitie na Balgariya - Sayuz na demokratichnite sili<\/td>EPP<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Emil Radev<\/td>m<\/td>GERB - SDS\/\u0413\u0415\u0420\u0411 - \u0421\u0414\u0421 Coalition Grazhdani za evropeysko razvitie na Balgariya - Sayuz na demokratichnite sili<\/td>EPP<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Eva Maydell<\/td>f<\/td>GERB - SDS\/\u0413\u0415\u0420\u0411 - \u0421\u0414\u0421 Coalition Grazhdani za evropeysko razvitie na Balgariya - Sayuz na demokratichnite sili<\/td>EPP<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ilia Lazarov<\/td>m<\/td>GERB - SDS\/\u0413\u0415\u0420\u0411 - \u0421\u0414\u0421 Coalition Grazhdani za evropeysko razvitie na Balgariya - Sayuz na demokratichnite sili<\/td>EPP<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Nikola Minchev<\/td>m<\/td>PP - DB\/\u041f\u041f - \u0414\u0411 Coalition Prodalzhavame promyanata \u2013 Demokratichna Balgariya<\/td>Renew Europe<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hristo Petrov<\/td>m<\/td>PP - DB\/\u041f\u041f - \u0414\u0411<\/td>Renew Europe<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Radan Kanev<\/td>m<\/td>PP - DB\/\u041f\u041f - \u0414\u0411<\/td>EPP<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Stanislav Stoyanov<\/td>m<\/td>Vazrazhdane\/\u0412\u044a\u0437\u0440\u0430\u0436\u0434\u0430\u043d\u0435<\/td>ESN<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Petar Volgin<\/td>m<\/td>Vazrazhdane\/\u0412\u044a\u0437\u0440\u0430\u0436\u0434\u0430\u043d\u0435<\/td>ESN<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rada Laikova<\/td>f<\/td>Vazrazhdane\/\u0412\u044a\u0437\u0440\u0430\u0436\u0434\u0430\u043d\u0435<\/td>ESN<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Christian Vigenin<\/td>m<\/td>BSP\/\u0411\u0421\u041f<\/td>S&D<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rumen Gechev<\/td>m<\/td>BSP\/\u0411\u0421\u041f<\/td>S&D<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Taner Kabilov<\/td>m<\/td>DPS\/\u0414\u041f\u0421 Dvizhenie za prava i svobodi<\/td>Renew Europe<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ilhan Kyuchyuk<\/td>m<\/td>DPS\/\u0414\u041f\u0421 Dvizhenie za prava i svobodi<\/td>Renew Europe<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Elena Yoncheva<\/td>f<\/td>DPS\/\u0414\u041f\u0421 Dvizhenie za prava i svobodi<\/td>Renew Europe<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n
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Results of the 2019 European elections<\/h2>\n

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Political parties<\/th>European affiliation<\/th>Number of votes<\/th>Percentage of votes<\/th>Number of seats<\/th>Trend compared with 2014<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Citizens for the European Development of Bulgaria \u2013 Blue Coalition - GERB<\/td>EPP<\/td>574 417<\/td>31.07%<\/td>6<\/td>=<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP)<\/td>S&D<\/td>450 005<\/td>24.26%<\/td>5<\/td>\u2191<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Movement for Rights and Freedoms<\/td>Renew Europe<\/td>303 714<\/td>16.55%<\/td>3<\/td>\u2193<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
National Movement for Stability and Progress (VMRO)<\/td>ECR<\/td>137 714<\/td>7.36%<\/td>2<\/td>\u2191<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Democrats for a Strong Bulgaria (DSB)<\/td>EPP<\/td>115 750<\/td>6.06 %<\/td>1<\/td>\u2191<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/span><\/p>\n

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Electoral Procedures<\/h2>\n

Election Dates :<\/strong> 9 June 2024
\n><\/span> Number of MEPs :<\/strong>\u00a017
\n><\/span> At what age can one vote?<\/strong>\u00a018 years
\n><\/span> At what age can one be elected?<\/strong>\u00a021 years
\n><\/span> Who can vote?<\/strong> Every registered Bulgarian or European citizens living in Bulgaria.<\/p>\n

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Electoral rules<\/h2>\n

> <\/span>Voting method :<\/strong>\u00a0Preferential vote
\n> <\/span>Means for attributing seats :<\/strong>\u00a0D\u2019Hare Niemeyer Method
\n><\/span>Can candidates be chosen from a list?<\/strong>\u00a0Yes
\n><\/span>Number of districts :<\/strong>\u00a01<\/p>\n

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Institutions and political situation<\/h2>\n

Democratic parliamentary republic
\n\u2013\u00a0Head of State :<\/strong>\u00a0Rumen Radev
\n\u2013\u00a0Prime Minister : <\/strong>Nikolay Denkov (rotating position every 9 month with Mariya Gabriel)<\/p>\n

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Economy<\/h2>\n

Currency :<\/strong> Bulgarian lev (BGN) (fixed exchange rate : 1\u20ac = 1.9558 BGN)
\n><\/span> GDP :<\/strong> \u20ac84 560 million (2022)
\n><\/span> GDP per capita (PPS) :<\/strong> \u20ac7 250 (2022)
\n><\/span> GDP Growth :<\/strong> 1.5% (2023)
\n><\/span> Unemployment:<\/strong> 5.3% (August 2023)
\n><\/span> Inflation :<\/strong> 7.7% (August 2023)
\n><\/span> Public Debt:<\/strong> 20.2 % of the GDP (2022)<\/p>\n

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Geography and population<\/h2>\n

\u2013\u00a0Surface Area :<\/strong>\u00a0100 910 km\u00b2 (source : The CIA World Factbook)
\n\u2013 6.8 million inhabitants (est. 2023)<\/p>\n

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