2019 European Parliament election in Bulgaria

Summary

The election of the 5th delegation from Bulgaria to the European Parliament was held on 26 May 2019.[1][2] All seats were up for election. The country forms a single constituency, with members elected by proportional representation using open lists.

2019 European Parliament election in Bulgaria

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All 17 Bulgarian seats in the European Parliament
Turnout32.64% Decrease
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Mariya Gabriel Elena Yoncheva Mustafa Karadayi
Party GERB—SDS BSP DPS
Alliance EPP S&D ALDE
Last election 30.40% 18.93% 17.27%
Seats before 6 seats 4 seats 4 seats
Seats won 6 5 3
Seat change Steady Increase 1 Decrease 1
Popular vote 607,194 474,160 323,510
Percentage 31.07% 24.26% 16.55%
Swing Increase 0.67 Increase 5.33 Decrease 0.72

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Angel Dzhambazki Radan Kanev Veselin Mareshki
Party VMRO DB Volya
Alliance ECR EPP ID
Last election 10.66% 6.45%
Seats before 2 seats 1 seats
Seats won 2 1 0
Seat change Increase 1 Steady Steady
Popular vote 143,830 118,484 70,830
Percentage 7.36% 6.06% 3.62%
Swing Decrease 3.30 Decrease 0.39 New

Outgoing delegation edit

Members of the
European Parliament

for Bulgaria
Observers (2005)
Delegation (2007)
6th term (2007)
7th term (2009)
8th term (2014)
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  • Bulgarian parties in the European Parliament in the eighth legislature (2014–2019)
    Group 17 National party 17
    EPP 7 GERB 6
    Democrats for a Strong Bulgaria (DSB) 1
    PES 4 Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) 4
    ALDE 4 Movement for Rights and Freedoms (DPS) 4
    ECR 2 Bulgaria Without Censorship 1
    IMRO – BNM (VMRO) 1

    Opinion polls edit

    Vote share edit

    The opinion poll results below were recalculated from the original data and exclude polls that chose "I will not vote" or "I am uncertain" options.

    Fieldwork date Polling firm Sample
    size
    GERB
    SDS
    BSP DPS VMRO NFSB Attack ABV DB Volya Others NOTA Lead
    25 May 2014 2014 EU Election 30.4[a] 18.9[b] 17.3 10.7[c] 3.1 3.0 4.0 12.7 11.5
    26 March 2017 2017 Election 32.7[a] 27.2[d] 9.0 9.1 1.6[e] 5.4[f] 4.2 8.3 2.5 5.5
    20–25 Jul 2018 Barometer 846 36.1 29.4 15.3 17.4 1.8 6.8
    2-7 Nov 2018 AFIS 1010 30.2 32.2 12.0 4.6 2.3 9.2 9.5 2.0
    10-17 Dec 2018 Exacta 1000 35.8 31.7 7.8 5.8 1.5 3.8 1.5 12.2 4.1
    14-19 Dec 2018 Alpha Research 1027 33.2 30.9 10.6 6.0 5.6 3.9 9.8 2.3
    10-17 Jan 2019 Trend 1008 33.3 31.1 12.6 6.4 3.6 2.9 10.1 2.2
    12-21 Jan 2019 Market Links 1007 37.8 27.1 10.0 8.5 6.5 1.3 8.7 10.7
    14-19 Jan 2019 AFIS 1010 32.9 34.6 11.0 4.7 1.4 1.4 6.0 8.0 1.7
    17-21 Jan 2019 Sova Harris 985 37.7[g] 32.6 9.4 1.2 1.4 3.0 1.4 3.2[f] 2.9 7.1 5.0
    26 Jan-1 Feb 2019 Mediana 810 35.0[g] 33.0 4.9 10.6 3.0 2.8 3.2 7.1 2.0
    5-13 Feb 2019 Trend 1007 33.6 31.2 11.7 6.8 4.1 2.7 3.2 6.6 2.4
    15-25 Feb 2019 Market Links 1018 37.3 32.8 7.3 4.6 7.3 1.5 9.2 4.5
    19-28 Feb 2019 Exacta 1000 35.1[g] 29.0 10.3 9.6 1.5 3.7 1.5 9.3 6.1
    22-28 Feb 2019 AFIS 1010 31.1 36.9 12.8 7.2 1.6 4.2 4.5 5.8
    6-11 Mar 2019 Sova Harris 1000 38.2[g] 30.6 11.5 3.0 1.3 3.0 1.3 3.2 3.3 1.3 3.5 7.6
    6-13 Mar 2019 Trend 1005 33.6 30.4 12.1 4.4 1.7 2.3 4.4 3.2 3.0 4.9 3.2
    22-26 Mar 2019 Alpha Research 1011 33.9 33.4 10.6 4.1 2.2 2.1 1.2 5.1 1.9 5.5 0.5
    4-9 Apr 2019 Mediana 1001 31.5 32.1 9.5 4.4 2.1 3.8 3.1 2.9 4.9 5.8 0.6
    5-11 Apr 2019 Gallup International 1015 31.0 32.1 11.1 5.0 1.4 1.9 1.5 4.5 3.5 5.8 2.2 1.1
    5-12 Apr 2019 Trend 1008 30.5 31.3 12.7 5.5 1.3 2.0 1.3 4.3 3.6 3.1 4.4 0.8
    12-22 Apr 2019 Market Links 1049 35.3 35.8 7.0 5.7 5.3 1.9 8.8 0.5
    16-22 Apr 2019 Sova Harris 995 36.1 35.0 11.4 4.0 3.0 1.3 2.1 4.0 3.0 1.1
    26 Apr 2019 Start of official election campaign
    20-30 Apr 2019 Alpha Research 1015 32.2 32.7 9.3 6.0 1.7 1.2 1.2 4.5 1.7 7.3 2.2 0.5
    29 Apr-4 May 2019 Specter 834 32.5 33.2 8.5 4.2 4.0 1.2 2.7 4.2 1.9 4.5 3.1 0.7
    2-7 May 2019 Mediana 1008 29.9 31.9 10.7 4.7 3.9 2.6 3.8 3.4 4.9 4.2 2.0
    7-14 May 2019 Specter 993 33.0 33.4 8.7 4.1 4.1 1.3 3.5 4.1 1.7 3.3 2.7 0.4
    8–13 May 2019 Sova Harris 1000 34.4 33.5 13.7 4.4 3.8 1.5 2.1 4.7 1.9 0.9
    10-15 May 2019 AFIS Archived 2019-05-23 at the Wayback Machine 1604 24.5 25.7 13.2 4.4 1.6 2.6 3.2 2.5 5.5 6.7 8.7 1.2
    11–17 May 2019 Trend 1007 31.5 30.4 12.8 5.8 1.3 2.0 2.4 4.2 4.8 2.5 2.3 1.1
    11–19 May 2019 Market Links 1024 33.8 31.4 7.9 6.5 2.4 1.4 5.4 3.3 7.9 2.4
    17–21 May 2019 Mediana 1008 31.1 29.8 11.4 5.6 2.6 3.5 3.6 2.6 5.1 4.7 1.3
    18–22 May 2019 Exacta 1000 32.4 27.3 13.3 6.5 2.0 2.0 1.8 4.3 4.5 5.9 5.1
    19–22 May 2019 Alpha Research 1016 31.1 26.6 13.9 6.0 2.0 2.0 3.2 4.2 4.9 6.1 4.5
    26 May 2019 Election results 30.1 23.5 16.1 7.1 1.1 1.0 0.8 5.9 3.5 7.8 3.0 6.6
    1. ^ a b Results for GERB only; SDS appeared separately in 2014 and 2017 as part of the Reformist Bloc.
    2. ^ As part of Coalition for Bulgaria.
    3. ^ As part of a coalition between Bulgaria Without Censorship, VMRO and several smaller parties.
    4. ^ As part of BSP for Bulgaria.
    5. ^ As ABV-Movement 21
    6. ^ a b Combined results for DSB and DaB
    7. ^ a b c d Combined results for GERB and SDS

    Results edit

    PartyVotes%Seats+/–
    GERB—SDS607,19430.1360
    Bulgarian Socialist Party474,16023.535+1
    Movement for Rights and Freedoms323,51016.053–1
    IMRO – Bulgarian National Movement143,8307.142+1
    Democratic Bulgaria118,4845.881+1
    Volya Movement70,8303.510New
    Patriots for Valeri Simeonov (NFSBSEK)22,4211.1100
    NDSV–New Time21,3151.0600
    Attack20,9061.0400
    Revival20,3191.010New
    Coalition for Bulgaria16,7590.8300
    Democrats for Responsibility, Solidarity and Tolerance7,1300.350New
    People's Voice6,1360.3000
    Party of Greens6,0510.3000
    Movement 214,1410.210New
    Reload Bulgaria3,9070.190New
    Together Movement3,7310.190New
    VOLT3,5000.170New
    Direct Democracy2,4250.120New
    Bulgarian National Unification2,3700.120New
    Rise (RDPENPBNF ChicagoSSD–BDS R)1,8550.090New
    Independents73,3173.6400
    None of the above61,0293.03
    Total2,015,320100.00170
    Valid votes2,015,32096.17
    Invalid/blank votes80,2383.83
    Total votes2,095,558100.00
    Registered voters/turnout6,378,69432.85
    Source: CIK

    See also edit

    References edit

    1. ^ "Нов уебсайт обяснява как да се гласува на евроизборите" (in Bulgarian). dnevnik.bg. 25 January 2019. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
    2. ^ "Президентът насрочи европейските избори на 26 май" (in Bulgarian). dnevnik.bg. 19 March 2019. Retrieved 20 March 2019.

    External links edit

    • State Election Commission (in Bulgarian)