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you can find everything you need to know about the elections in Bulgaria, including – news, comments, analyses and historical references. 

Reactions after exit poll results

BSP for Bulgaria refused to comment on results of exit polls conducted by sociological agencies, BNR reporter Daniel Inkov has informed. According to Gallup, "There Are Such People" party unexpectedly emerged as the second political..

updated on 4/5/21 12:14 AM

Gallup: Post-election campaign will be more interesting than election one

Parvan Simeonov, executive director of Gallup International, which is partner of the BNR for the elections, said in an interview with the radio that the alignment of political forces could not be considered certain. Party of showman..

published on 4/4/21 11:32 PM

Gallup: GERB-SDS wins parliamentary elections in Bulgaria

Results of the exit polls by Gallup polling agency, partner of the Bulgarian National Radio, show that voter turnout by the end of election day at 20:00 was 48.1%. Data show the following distribution of votes after the parliamentary..

updated on 4/4/21 9:10 PM
Stefan Manov

Stefan Manov: Record-high voter turnout abroad

"We must welcome the great activity of Bulgarian citizens around the world," Stefan Manov, a member of the CEC's Public Council, has told BNR. He said the election was likely to show a historic high of voter turnout abroad. "I..

published on 4/4/21 9:03 PM

Gallup: How are seats in new parliament to be distributed?

If the counting of ballots confirmed data from the exit poll conducted by Gallup polling agency, a partner of the Bulgarian National Radio for the elections, the mandates in the future parliament would be distributed as follows:..

published on 4/4/21 8:51 PM
CEC spokesman Dimitar Dimitrov

Media sanctioned over spreading preliminary election results

The Central Election Commission has sanctioned media for illegally announcing exit polls results. Such violations of the Electoral Code have been found by the CEC on the websites of two electronic media. According to the Electoral..

published on 4/4/21 7:47 PM

35 pre-trial proceedings related to elections

Since the beginning of the election campaign, 35 pre-trial proceedings related to citizens' voting rights have started, the National interdepartmental headquarters for the parliamentary elections said, BNR’s reporter Silvia Velikova..

published on 4/4/21 7:29 PM

Voter turnout continues lower compared to previous parliamentary election

By 5 PM voter turnout reached 38.2%, Gallup reports for the BNR. This continues to be around 4% lower than the voter turnout during the previous parliamentary elections. Voter turnout at the parliamentary elections by 3 PM was a little over 30%,..

updated on 4/4/21 7:16 PM

Names of new MPs to become clear on 11 April

On election night the section election commissions will process more than 10.4 million numbers. There are more than 400 numbers in each tally sheet. By law the tally sheets have to be ready no later than 24 hours after the end of voting. The..

published on 4/4/21 6:09 PM

OSCE is observing elections in Bulgaria in compliance with pandemic measures

A mission of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, OSCE, is observing the polling stations in Sofia, Pernik, Kyustendil, Blagoevgrad, Troyan, Lovech and Varna. The head of the observation mission Corien..

published on 4/4/21 5:14 PM