European Parliament elections held in Bulgaria elect the Bulgarian members of the European Parliament. The first European Parliament elections held in Bulgaria were in 2007. The second are scheduled for June 7, 2009.
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| Parties | Europarty | EP Group | Votes | % | Seats | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria | EPP | EPP-ED | 420,001 | 21.68% | 5 | |
| European Socialists Platform | PES | PES | 414,786 | 21.41% | 5 | |
| Movement for Rights and Freedoms | ELDR | ALDE | 392,650 | 20.26% | 4 | |
| National Union Attack | - | ITS | 275,237 | 14.20% | 3 | |
| National Movement Simeon II | ELDR | ALDE | 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") |
- | - | 37,645 | 1.94% | 0 | |
| Agrarian National Union | EPP | - | 29,752 | 1.54% | 0 | |
| Communist Party of Bulgaria | - | - | 18,988 | 0.98% | 0 | |
| Union of Free Democrats | - | - | 14,392 | 0.74% | 0 | |
| Green Party of Bulgaria | EGP | - | 9,976 | 0.51% | 0 | |
| Civil Union for New Bulgaria | - | - | 9,398 | 0.49% | 0 | |
| Order, Law and Justice | - | - | 9,147 | 0.47% | 0 | |
| Mariya Stoyanova Serkedzhieva (independent) | - | - | 5,323 | 0.27% | 0 | |
| Nikola Petkov Ivanov (independent) | - | - | 2,782 | 0.14% | 0 | |
| Sources: Izbori2007.eu,Europarl | ||||||
The official results were announced by the Central Electoral Commission on 21 May. According to the official data, the winner of the elections was Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria, followed by a small margin by the Bulgarian Socialist Party and the Movement for Rights and Freedoms, with the distance between the third and the first being less than 1.5%. The voter turnout was 28.6%.[1]
According to the election results, the following 18 candidates were elected as Bulgarian Members of the European Parliament:[2]
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