List of Bulgarian constituencies

Bulgaria is divided into 31 multi-member constituencies.

Background

In general the 31 constituencies are arrange as to coincide with the administrative division of Bulgaria, with the exception of Sofia City and Plovdiv provinces, where there are 3 additional constituencies (Sofia City is divided into 3 constituencies and Plovdiv is divided into 2). They are numbered according to their order in Cyrillic.

Experimentally on Bulgarian parliamentary election, 2009, 31 out of the 240 Members of Parliament were elected through majority vote, while the rest 209 are elected through proportional vote. This mixed electoral system was rejected later.

The List

Proportional Vote

The following is the allocation of MPs according to the constituency in the proporional vote:

MMC	Constituency	Mandates
MMC	Constituency	2005	2009*	2013	2014
1	Blagoevgrad	10	9	11	11
2	Burgas	13	11	14	14
3	Varna	14	12	15	15
4	Veliko Tarnovo	9	8	8	8
5	Vidin	4	3	4	4
6	Vratsa	7	6	6	6
7	Gabrovo	4	4	4	4
8	Dobrich	7	6	6	6
9	Kardzhali	5	4	5	5
10	Kyustendil	5	4	4	4
11	Lovech	5	4	5	5
12	Montana	6	5	5	5
13	Pazardzhik	9	8	9	9
14	Pernik	5	4	4	4
15	Pleven	10	9	9	9
16	Plovdiv	10	9	11	11
17	Plovdiv-province	11	10	11	11
18	Razgrad	5	4	4	4
19	Ruse	8	7	8	8
20	Silistra	4	4	4	4
21	Sliven	7	6	6	6
22	Smolyan	4	4	4	4
23	Sofia-23	13	11	16	16
24	Sofia-24	11	10	12	12
25	Sofia-25	12	10	14	14
26	Sofia-province	8	7	8	8
27	Stara Zagora	11	10	11	11
28	Targovishte	4	4	4	4
29	Haskovo	8	7	8	8
30	Shumen	6	5	6	6
31	Yambol	5	4	4	4
	Total	240	209*	240	240

On 2009 elections a mixed system was used and each constituency elected one MP by first-past-the-post.

Majority Vote (2009)

Each constituency elects only 1 MP by majority vote.The following 31 members of the Bulgarian National Assembly were elected through majority vote in the Bulgarian parliamentary election, 2009:

	Member	Party
Blagoevgrad	Lyuben Petrov Tatarski	GERB
Burgas	Bozhidar Dimitrov Stoyanov	GERB
Varna	Krasimir Petrov Petrov	GERB
Veliko Tarnovo	Tsvetan Genchev Tsvetanov	GERB
Vidin	Lyubomila Stanislavova Stanislavova	GERB
Vratsa	Nikolay Goranov Kotsev	GERB
Gabrovo	Galina Dimitrova Bankovska	GERB
Dobrich	Rumen Ivanov Ivanov	GERB
Kardzhali	Ahmed Demir Dogan	DPS
Kyustendil	Valentin Tonchev Mikev	GERB
Lovech	Anatoliy Velikov Jordanov	GERB
Montana	Plamen Georgiev Tsekov	GERB
Pazardzhik	Ivan Dimitrov Ivanov	GERB
Pernik	Irena Lyubenova Sokolova	GERB
Pleven	Tsetska Tsacheva Dangovska	GERB
Plovdiv	Menda Kirilova Stoyanova	GERB
Plovdiv-province	Dimitar Nikolov Lazarov	GERB
Razgrad	Hasan Ahmed Ademov	DPS
Ruse	Plamen Dulchev Nunev	GERB
Silistra	Mithat Mehmed Tabakov	DPS
Sliven	Desislava Zhekova Taneva	GERB
Smolyan	Daniela Anastasova Daritkova-Prodanova	GERB
Sofia-23	Boris Krumov Grozdanov	GERB
Sofia-24	Monika Hans Panayotova	GERB
Sofia-25	Krasimir Lyubomirov Velchev	GERB
Sofia-province	Emil Delchev Dimitrov	GERB
Stara Zagora	Ivan Dechkov Kolev	GERB
Targovishte	Kasim Ismail Dal	DPS
Haskovo	Delyan Aleksandrov Dobrev	GERB
Shumen	Georgi Velkov Kolev	DPS
Yambol	Anastas Vasilev Anastasov	GERB

Sources

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