Bulgaria (European Parliament constituency)
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| Bulgaria European Parliament constituency |
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| Location amongst the 2007 constituencies | |
| Created | 2007 |
| MEP(s) | 24 (2007) |
| Source(s) | [1][2] |
In European elections, Bulgaria is a constituency of the European Parliament, currently represented by twenty-four MEPs. It covers the member state of the Bulgaria.
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[edit] Current MEPs
- Further information: MEPs for Bulgaria 2007-2009
As of October 2007
| Name | National Party | EP group |
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| Mariela Velichkova Baeva | Movement for Rights and Freedoms | ALDE |
| Slavi Binev | National Union Attack | ITS |
| Desislav Chukolov | National Union Attack | ITS |
| Filiz Hakaeva Hyusmenova | Movement for Rights and Freedoms | ALDE |
| Iliana Malinova Iotova | European Socialists Platform | PES |
| Rumiana Jeleva | Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria | EPP–ED |
| Metin Kazak | Movement for Rights and Freedoms | ALDE |
| Evgeni Kirilov | European Socialists Platform | PES |
| Marusya Ivanova Lyubcheva | European Socialists Platform | PES |
| Nickolay Mladenov | Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria | EPP–ED |
| Vladko Todorov Panayotov | Movement for Rights and Freedoms | ALDE |
| Antanas Paparizov | European Socialists Platform | PES |
| Bilyana Ilieva Raeva | National Movement for Stability and Progress | ALDE |
| Petya Stavreva | Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria | EPP–ED |
| Dimitar Stoyanov | National Union Attack | ITS |
| Vladimir Urutchev | Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria | EPP–ED |
| Kristian Vigenin | European Socialists Platform | PES |
| Dushana Zdravkova | Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria | EPP–ED |
[edit] 2007
- Further information: European Parliament election, 2007 (Bulgaria)
The 2007 European election was Bulgaria's first since joining the European Union on 2007-01-01 and was held on 2007-05-20.
The top two parties scored 5 seats each; Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria and European Socialists Platform, followed by the Movement for Rights and Freedoms with four, Ataka with three, and National Movement Simeon II (NDSV) with one. It was considered likely that the result of the election would cause a major political crisis in Bulgaria, due to the expected weak results of the National Movement. [1]
| Parties | EP Party (or Group) |
Votes | % | Seats | |
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| Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria | EPP | 420,001 | 21.68% | 5 | |
| European Socialists Platform | PES | 414,786 | 21.41% | 5 | |
| Movement for Rights and Freedoms | ELDR | 392,650 | 20.26% | 4 | |
| National Union Attack | ITS | 275,237 | 14.20% | 3 | |
| National Movement Simeon II | ELDR | 121,398 | 6.27% | 1 | |
| Union of Democratic Forces | EPP | 91,871 | 4.74% | 0 | |
| Democrats for a Strong Bulgaria | EPP | 84,350 | 4.35% | 0 | |
| Coalition of Bulgarian Social Democrats (Party of Bulgarian Social Democrats, Political Movement "Social Democrats") |
none | 37,645 | 1.94% | 0 | |
| Agrarian National Union | EPP | 29,752 | 1.54% | 0 | |
| Communist Party of Bulgaria | none | 18,988 | 0.98% | 0 | |
| Union of Free Democrats | none | 14,392 | 0.74% | 0 | |
| Green Party of Bulgaria | EGP | 9,976 | 0.51% | 0 | |
| Civil Union for New Bulgaria | none | 9,398 | 0.49% | 0 | |
| Order, Law and Justice | none | 9,147 | 0.47% | 0 | |
| Mariya Stoyanova Serkedzhieva (independent) | none | 5,323 | 0.27% | 0 | |
| Nikola Petkov Ivanov (independent) | none | 2,782 | 0.14% | 0 | |
| Source: Izbori2007.eu | |||||
[edit] 2009
- Further information: European Parliament election, 2009 (Bulgaria)
The next election will be in 2009 and the number of seats would be reduced to 17, but under proposed new rules it may remain at 18.
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- European Election News by European Election Law Association (Eurela)
- List of MEPs europarl.europa.eu
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