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Parliamentary Elections 2023

In this section you can find everything you need to know about the elections in Bulgaria, including – news, comments, analyses and historical references. 

Brisbane keeps fingers crossed for a new government

According to official data after the census in Australia in the summer of 2022, Bulgarians on the Land Down Under are 8,039. They are most numerous in the states of New South Wales - 2 401 and Victoria - 2 156. In the most populous Australian..

published on 4/3/23 12:44 PM

End of elections as polls close in the USA and Canada

The polling stations all over the world are closed. The elections for Bulgaria's 49th National Assembly are officially over.  The vote ended for Bulgarians in Great Britain and Northern Ireland , where there were 118 polling stations, 74 polling..

updated on 4/3/23 12:36 PM
Filli Ladgman is the executive director of the Bulgarian section of the Australian public radio SBS.

Filli Ladgman from Australia: It is high time to end this vicious circle and the apathy!

"I would hardly say anything different from what all Bulgarians around the world hope will happen after this election. First and foremost we wish that it will be the last one, i.e. that it will lead to a stable government and put an end to this..

published on 4/3/23 10:20 AM
Only the Movement for Rights and Freedoms came out with a statement for the media after end of election day.

First reactions of participants in the Bulgarian vote

The GERB party with leader Boyko Borissov and SDS said that they would not give a briefing or a statement to the media regarding the results of the early parliamentary elections this evening...

updated on 4/2/23 10:12 PM
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Bulgarians in Northern Ireland: 'The political elite must be mature enough to compromise for the sake of the country'

No more than 150 people vote at the Bulgarian polling station in Ennis, County Clare, Northern Ireland.  By early afternoon, half of all voters had turned up at the polling station, although only 14 people had registered before the start of..

published on 4/2/23 9:49 PM

CEC: Election day went smoothly

Voting on the territory of Bulgaria for the 49th National Assembly has already ended. The deadline for the final announcement of the election results is April 6 (Thursday) and the names of the MPs must be announced by April 9..

published on 4/2/23 9:45 PM

GERB-SDS is the first political force, according to "Market Links"

Data from the exit poll of the sociological agency "Market Links" for today's early parliamentary elections give a different result than that of "Gallup International Balkan": GERB-SDS - 25.5% We Continue the Change-DB -..

published on 4/2/23 8:31 PM

Gallup: We Continue the Change-DB receives 25.6%, GERB-SDS – 24.8% in Bulgarian parliamentary elections

The exit poll results of Gallup International Balkan, a partner of the BNR covering the vote, show that 5 parties and coalitions are certain to enter the new 49th parliament, and one is near the threshold. The agency's data..

published on 4/2/23 8:05 PM

Voter turnout at the parliamentary elections on 2 April

Voter turnout reached 35.1% at 7:00 p.m. This is shown by the data of the sociological agency "Gallup International Balkan" - partner of the BNR for the early elections for the 49th National Assembly...

updated on 4/2/23 7:27 PM

Bulgarians abroad are more active in comparison to the previous vote

105,000 Bulgarians abroad voted by 3:00 p.m. Bulgarian time, the foreign ministry has reported. In the previous elections on October 2, about 97,000 people exercised their civil right by this hour. In Turkey, where the number of..

published on 4/2/23 7:13 PM