2017 Bulgarian parliamentary election

2017 Bulgarian parliamentary election
Bulgaria
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All 240 seats in the National Assembly
121 seats needed for a majority
Turnout52.57%
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/–
GERB Boyko Borisov 32.65 95 +11
BSPzB Korneliya Ninova 27.19 80 +41
OP Krasimir Karakachanov 9.07 27 −3
DPS Mustafa Karadayi 8.99 26 −12
Volya Veselin Mareshki 4.15 12 New
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Prime Minister before Prime Minister after
Ognyan Gerdzhikov
NDSV
Boyko Borisov
GERB

Parliamentary elections were held in Bulgaria on 26 March 2017. They had originally been scheduled for 2018 at the end of the four-year term of the National Assembly. However, following the resignation of Prime Minister Boyko Borisov and the failure of Bulgarian parties to form a government, early elections were called.[1] Borisov resigned following the defeat of Tsetska Tsacheva, the candidate of his GERB party, in the November 2016 presidential elections.[2][3] The official election campaign began on 24 February.[4]

GERB won a plurality, with 95 of the 240 seats. Borisov was elected Prime Minister again after negotiating a governing coalition.[5]

  1. ^ Bulgaria Heads for Early Elections Balkan Insight, 20 December 2016
  2. ^ Bulgaria Sliding Toward Caretaker Govt, But with Same Parliament Novinite, 13 November 2016
  3. ^ Bulgarian PM Borisov resigns, snap parliamentary polls likely Reuters, 14 November 2016
  4. ^ "Election Campaign Starts in Bulgaria". novinite.com. Novinite JSC. 24 February 2017. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
  5. ^ Hope, Kerin; Troev, Theodor (27 March 2017). "Former PM Borisov claims victory in Bulgarian election". Financial Times. Retrieved 28 March 2017.(subscription required)