2001 Bulgarian parliamentary election

2001 Bulgarian parliamentary election
Bulgaria
← 1997 17 June 2001 2005 →
All 240 seats in the National Assembly
121 seats needed for a majority
Turnout66.63%
Party Leader % Seats +/–
NDSV Simeon Sakskoburggotski 42.74 120 New
ODS Ivan Kostov 18.18 51 −86
KzB Georgi Parvanov 17.15 48 −10
DPS Ahmed Dogan 7.45 21 +2
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Results by constituency
Prime Minister before Prime Minister after
Ivan Kostov
ODS		 Simeon Sakskoburggotski
NDSV

Parliamentary elections were held in Bulgaria on 17 June 2001.[1] The result was a victory for the National Movement – Simeon II, which won 120 of the 240 seats. Following the elections, Simeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, the country's last Tsar, who was deposed by the Bulgarian Communist Party in 1946, became prime minister.[2]

  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p.369 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. ^ "Bulgaria: Elections held in 2001". Inter-Parliamentary Union.