Bulgarian parliamentary election, 2001
Bulgarian parliamentary election, 2001
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| 240 seats to the National Assembly |
| Turnout |
67.0% |
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First party |
Second party |
Third party |
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| Leader |
Simeon Sakskoburggotski |
Ivan Kostov |
Georgi Parvanov |
| Party |
NDSV |
ODS |
KB |
| Last election |
N/A; formed in 2001 |
137 seats |
58 seats |
| Seats won |
120 |
51 |
48 |
| Seat change |
N/A |
−86 |
−10 |
| Popular vote |
1,952,513 |
830,338 |
783,372 |
| Percentage |
42.7% |
18.2% |
17.1% |
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Fourth party |
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| Leader |
Ahmed Dogan |
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| Party |
DPS |
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| Last election |
19 seats |
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| Seats won |
21 |
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| Seat change |
+2 |
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| Popular vote |
340,395 |
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| Percentage |
7.4% |
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Parliamentary elections were held in Bulgaria on 17 June 2001.[1] The result was a victory for the National Movement – Simeon II, which won 120 of the 240 seats. Voter turnout was 67.0%.[2] Following the election, Simeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, the country's last Tsar, became Prime Minister.[3]
Background
The elections came four years after the last parliamentary elections in 1997, marking the first occasion since the fall of Communism that a full term had been completed.[3] A total of 65 parties registered for the elections, together with eleven independents.[3]
National Movement – Simeon II was originally prevented from registering by Sofia City Court as it failed to meet the Central Election Committee's requirements. However, after forming an alliance with the Bulgarian Women's Party and the Movement for National Revival, the party was allowed to register.[3]
Results
| Party |
Votes |
% |
Seats |
+/– |
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| National Movement – Simeon II | 1,952,513 | 42.74 | 120 | New |
| United Democratic Forces | 830,338 | 18.18 | 51 | −86 |
| Coalition for Bulgaria | 783,372 | 17.15 | 48 | −10 |
| Movement for Rights and Freedoms | 340,395 | 7.45 | 21 | +2 |
| VMRO-George's Day Movement | 165,927 | 3.63 | 0 | New |
| Simeon II Coalition | 157,141 | 3.44 | 0 | New |
| National Union for Tsar Simeon II | 77,671 | 1.70 | 0 | New |
| Bulgarian Social Democracy | 44,637 | 0.98 | 0 | 0 |
| Union Bulgaria | 33,637 | 0.74 | 0 | New |
| Coalition "National Union Tzar Kiro" | 27,636 | 0.6 | 0 | New |
| NU Fatherland and Left | 21,851 | 0.48 | 0 | New |
| George Ganchev's Bloc | 17,272 | 0.38 | 0 | New |
| UAF-BAPU-BAPU NP | 15,504 | 0.34 | 0 | 0 |
| Bulgarian Workers' Party | 12,579 | 0.28 | 0 | New |
| Democratic Party of Justice | 10,822 | 0.24 | 0 | 0 |
| Bulgarian Socialist Workers' Party | 10,797 | 0.24 | 0 | 0 |
| Bulgarian Communist Party "Fatherland" | 9,373 | 0.21 | 0 | New |
| Patriotism 2000 | 6,077 | 0.13 | 0 | New |
| Union of Patriotic Forces and Militaries of the Reserve Defense | 5,227 | 0.11 | 0 | New |
| Bulgarian Democratic Party for United States of Europe and the World | 4,804 | 0.11 | 0 | 0 |
| MDRUSWC-FPFB | 4,740 | 0.10 | 0 | New |
| Bulgarian National Party "Social Union" | 4,439 | 0.10 | 0 | New |
| Alternative Social-Liberal Party | 4,267 | 0.09 | 0 | New |
| Free Cooperative Party | 3,935 | 0.09 | 0 | 0 |
| Bulgarian National-Radical Party | 3,018 | 0.07 | 0 | 0 |
| Social Liberal Movement "Justice" | 2,715 | 0.06 | 0 | New |
| National Movement for New Era | 2,462 | 0.05 | 0 | New |
| Patriotic Party of Labour | 1,601 | 0.04 | 0 | New |
| Alliance for Preservation of the Wealth of Bulgaria | 1,414 | 0.03 | 0 | New |
| Party of the Workers' and Social Democratic Intelligentsia | 1,033 | 0.02 | 0 | New |
| Bulgarian Fatherland Party "National Union" | 623 | 0.01 | 0 | New |
| NPLPOPC | 524 | 0.01 | 0 | New |
| Bulgarian National Front | 202 | 0.0 | 0 | New |
| Bulgarian Business Bloc | 162 | 0.0 | 0 | −12 |
| Party of the Middle Class | 79 | 0.0 | 0 | New |
| Union of the Nation – Movement of the Deprived | 39 | 0.0 | 0 | New |
| Independents | 9,365 | 0.21 | 0 | 0 |
| Invalid/blank votes | 39,944 | – | – | – |
| Total | 4,608,135 | 100 | 240 | 0 |
| Source: Nohlen & Stöver, University of Essex |
Aftermath
- See Sakskoburggotski Government
References