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Parliamentary elections were held in Bulgaria on 19 April 1997.[1] The result was a victory for the United Democratic Forces (an alliance of the Union of Democratic Forces, the Democratic Party, the Bulgarian Agrarian National Union-Nikola Petkov and the Bulgarian Social Democratic Party),[2] which won 137 of the 240 seats. Voter turnout was 62.9%.[3] Following the election, UDF leader Ivan Kostov became Prime Minister.[4]
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United Democratic Forces | 2,223,714 | 52.3 | 137 | New |
| Bulgarian Socialist Party | 939,308 | 22.1 | 58 | −67 |
| Movement for Rights and Freedoms | 323,429 | 7.6 | 19 | +4 |
| Bulgarian Euroleft | 234,058 | 5.5 | 14 | New |
| Bulgarian Business Bloc | 209,796 | 4.9 | 12 | −1 |
| Bulgarian Communist Party | 50,864 | 1.2 | 0 | 0 |
| Union for the Tsar | 46,765 | 1.1 | 0 | New |
| Bulgarian Christian Coalition | 26,614 | 0.6 | 0 | New |
| Democratic Party of Justice | 20,433 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Party of Bulgarian Women | 16,061 | 0.4 | 0 | New |
| Liberal Forum | 13,638 | 0.3 | 0 | New |
| Koronovana Democratsiya | 11,747 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 |
| Bulgarian Socialist Workers Party | 10,152 | 0.2 | 0 | New |
| Bulgarian Agrarian National Union-Centre | 10,062 | 0.2 | 0 | New |
| Democratic Alternative for the Republic | 9,664 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 |
| Bulgarian Liberal Party | 7,281 | 0.2 | 0 | New |
| Bulgarian National Radical Party | 7,099 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 |
| Bulgarian National Democratic Party | 6,875 | 0.2 | 0 | New |
| National Patriotic Front Left | 6,795 | 0.2 | 0 | New |
| Bulgarian Worker-Peasant Party | 6,754 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 |
| Union for Democratic Development | 6,377 | 0.2 | 0 | New |
| Christian Democratic Union | 5,912 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 |
| Next Bulgaria | 5,886 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 |
| Free Cooperative Party | 5,534 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 |
| Democratic League | 4,386 | 0.1 | 0 | New |
| New Democracy | 3,720 | 0.1 | 0 | New |
| Forum Transfiguration | 3,654 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bulgarian Democratic Party for United States of Europe and the World | 3,614 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bulgarian National Green Party VT | 3,437 | 0.1 | 0 | New |
| Bulgarian Green Federation | 3,347 | 0.1 | 0 | New |
| Bulgarian Revolutionary Youth Party | 2,446 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bulgarian National Movement of the Eternal Way | 2,438 | 0.1 | 0 | New |
| Bulgarian Patriotic Party – National Union | 2,301 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 |
| Front of Progressive Forces in Bulgaria | 1,135 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Union of Nations – Onepr Movement | 670 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Independents | 19,335 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Invalid/blank votes | 35,956 | – | – | – |
| Total | 4,291,257 | 100 | 240 | 0 |
| Sources: Nohlen & Stöver, Todor 66 | ||||
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