2021 Bulgarian general election

2021 Bulgarian general election
Presidential election
← 2016 14 November 2021 (2021-11-14) (first round)
21 November 2021 (2021-11-21) (second round)		 2026 →
Turnout38.64% (first round) Decrease17.64pp
33.65% (second round) Decrease16.79pp
 
Rumen Radev official portrait (cropped).jpg
Anastas Gerdzhikov (cropped).jpg
Nominee Rumen Radev Anastas Gerdzhikov
Party Independent Independent
Alliance
GERB–SDS
Running mate Iliana Iotova Nevyana Miteva
Popular vote 1,539,650 733,791
Percentage 66.72% 31.80%
President before election

Rumen Radev
Independent

Elected President

Rumen Radev
Independent

Parliamentary election
← July 2021 14 November 2021 (2021-11-14) 2022 →
All 240 seats in the National Assembly
121 seats needed for a majority
Turnout38.43% (Decrease 1.96pp)
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/–
PP K. Petkov & A. Vasilev 25.32 67 New
GERB–SDS Boyko Borisov 22.44 59 −4
DPS Mustafa Karadayi 12.83 34 +5
BSPzB Korneliya Ninova 10.07 26 −10
ITN Slavi Trifonov 9.39 25 −40
DB A. Atanasov & H. Ivanov 6.28 16 −18
Revival Kostadin Kostadinov 4.80 13 +13
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Prime Minister before Prime Minister after
Stefan Yanev Stefan Yanev (caretaker)
Independent		 Kiril Petkov
PP		Kiril Petkov

General elections were held in Bulgaria on 14 November 2021 to elect both the President and the National Assembly.[1][2] They were the country's third parliamentary elections in 2021, with no party able to form a government after the elections in April and July.[3][4] A second round of the presidential elections were held on 21 November 2021 as no candidate was able to receive a majority of the vote in the first round.[5][6]

We Continue the Change won the most seats, although it was not a majority. Shortly after the election, they announced that coalition talks were going to be held.[7] Incumbent president Rumen Radev gathered 66.72% of the vote, defeating university professor Anastas Gerdzhikov in a runoff.[8]

Nationwide turnout in the parliamentary and first presidential round fell to 38% Bulgaria's lowest participation rate in 30 years for both presidential and legislative elections.[9] Nationwide turnout in the second presidential round experienced another drop, featuring only 33% of registered voters.[10]

The leaders of PP, BSP, ITN, and DB announced on 10 December that they had agreed to form a coalition that would end a months-long political crisis. President Radev shortly after announced that he had given the mandate to form a government to Petkov.[11] On 12 December, Kiril Petkov presented the composition of the incoming government, and it was approved on 13 December by the National Assembly.[12]

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  6. ^ "Bulgaria to hold presidential election on Nov. 14". Reuters. 2 September 2021. Archived from the original on 2 September 2021. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
  7. ^ Tsolova, Tsvetelia (16 November 2021). "Bulgaria's centrist party launches coalition talks after surprise election win". Reuters. Archived from the original on 16 November 2021. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  8. ^ Nikolov, Krassen (22 November 2021). "Bulgarian President Radev elected for a second term". www.euractiv.com. Archived from the original on 5 December 2021. Retrieved 5 December 2021.
  9. ^ "Electoral Commission of Bulgaria 2021 results" (in Bulgarian). Archived from the original on 14 November 2021. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  10. ^ "ЦИК изчисли окончателно: 34.84% избирателна активност на балотажа за президент". News.bg (in Bulgarian). 25 November 2021. Archived from the original on 5 December 2021. Retrieved 5 December 2021.
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  12. ^ "Bulgarian parliament backs Kiril Petkov as PM". POLITICO. 13 December 2021. Retrieved 13 December 2021.