July 2021 Bulgarian parliamentary election

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July 2021 Bulgarian parliamentary election

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All 240 seats in the National Assembly 121 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	41.63% ( 7.47pp)
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/– ITN Slavi Trifonov 23.78 65 +14 GERB–SDS Boyko Borisov 23.21 63 −12 BSPzB Korneliya Ninova 13.22 36 −7 DB A. Atanasov & H. Ivanov 12.48 34 +7 DPS Mustafa Karadayi 10.57 29 −1 ISMV Maya Manolova 4.95 13 −1 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Most voted-for party by constituency Seats won by constituency Prime Minister before Prime Minister after Stefan Yanev (caretaker) Independent Stefan Yanev (caretaker) Independent

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Snap parliamentary elections were held in Bulgaria on 11 July 2021 after no party was able or willing to form a government following the April 2021 elections.^[1] The populist party There Is Such a People (ITN), led by musician and television host Slavi Trifonov, narrowly won the most seats over a coalition of the conservative GERB and Union of Democratic Forces parties. Four other parties (the leftist BSP for Bulgaria, the liberal alliance Democratic Bulgaria, the centrist Turkish minority party Movement for Rights and Freedoms, and the anti-corruption Stand Up! Mafia, Get Out!) won seats in the 240-member Parliament as well.

ITN's success was propelled primarily by young voters. The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) assessed the election as being "competitive" and with "fundamental freedoms being generally respected."^[2] On 6 September, BSP handed back the last mandate of forming a government, meaning the parliament would be dissolved and a third parliamentary election would officially take place in 2021.^[3] President Radev declared on 11 September that there would be '2-in-1' elections on November 14 for the first time in Bulgarian history, where voters will be able to vote on the president and the parliament. This decision was taken 'to save treasury costs and voters time'.^[4]