Bulgarian parliamentary election, 2009
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| Bulgarian parliamentary election, 2009 | ||||
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| 240 seats to the National Assembly of Bulgaria | ||||
| July 5, 2009 | ||||
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| Leader | Boyko Borisov | Sergei Stanishev | ||
| Party | GERB | BSP | ||
| Last election | N/A; formed in 2006 | 82 seats | ||
| Seats won | 116 | 40 | ||
| Seat change | N/A | −42 | ||
| Popular vote | 1,678,641 | 748,147 | ||
| Percentage | 39.72% | 17.70% | ||
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Parliamentary elections were held in Bulgaria on 5 July 2009.[1][2] The decisive winner of the elections was Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria (GERB), led by Sofia mayor Boyko Borisov. GERB amassed more votes than the members of the then-ruling centre-left coalition combined and is to head a centre-right government.
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[edit] Pre-election events
The 2009 elections saw the debut of a hybrid proportional voting system with a lesser plurality vote element. 209 of the 240 parliament seats were distributed according to the proportional system, while the remaining 31 (the number of voting constituencies in Bulgaria) were allocated for majority voting. Each constituency elected one local majority candidate.[3]
The ruling Bulgarian Socialist Party wanted to amend the electoral law, increasing state subsidies for political parties threefold (the reason for doing this would be making campaign financing more transparent, they claim), requiring registration in at least two-thirds of all electoral districts (thus eliminating most marginal parties).[4]
An electoral reform was passed in April 2009 with the votes of the BSP, the DPS, Ataka and Order, Lawfulness, Justice. It would raise the election threshold for alliances from 4% to 8% (which was widely seen as a move against the opposition electoral alliance of DSB and SDS, which was polling around 7.3% at that time) and established that 31 of the 240 seats would be elected by majority vote.[5][6] President Georgi Parvanov returned the law to parliament for reconsideration, but as the parties had no plans to amend it and as he could only return the law once, he had to sign it before the election. After the law had been passed, the provision raising the electoral threshold was struck down by the Constitutional Court of Bulgaria.[7]
The Blue Coalition was denied registration for the election by the Central Election Commission on 28 May 2009 due to a leadership struggle in the UDF, one of the two constituent parties. The Blue Coalition announced it would appeal the ruling.[8] On 29 May 2009, the Supreme Administrative Court overturned the CEC's decision, allowing the Blue Coalition to contest the election.[9]
[edit] Aftermath
The elections were decisively won by Sofia mayor Boyko Borisov's Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria (GERB), who collected 39.72% of the proportional vote and 26 of the 31 majority vote parliament seats. The ruling Bulgarian Socialist Party-headed Coalition for Bulgaria gathered 17.70% but no majority vote seats, while the liberal Movement for Rights and Freedoms, also in power until the election, amassed 14.45% and won the remaining five majority vote seats in the National Assembly of Bulgaria. Nationalist party Ataka came fourth with 9.36% of the proportional vote, followed by the conservative Blue Coalition with 6.76% and the conservative Order, Lawfulness, Justice, whose tally was at 4.13%. Parties such as LIDER and former ruling coalition member NDSV did not pass the 4% barrier and elected no deputies.[10][11] The voter turnout of 60.20%[12] was perceived as high, but was not unexpected.[13]
As a result of the election, Bulgaria is expected to be governed by a centre-right coalition dominated by GERB, with Boyko Borisov as Prime Minister. BSP and DPS, the leading members of the former centre-left ruling coalition, are to remain in opposition.[14][15] Due to the party's failure in the elections, not electing a single member of parliament, former Tsar and more recently Prime Minister Simeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha resigned as NDSV leader on 6 July.[16] While former Prime Minister Sergey Stanishev took the responsibility for the socialists' electoral failure, he did not resign as party leader and is to lead the party in opposition.[17]
[edit] Participating parties
Parties standing in the election included:[18]
- Order, Lawfulness, Justice (Ред, Законност, Справедливост)
- Lider (Лидер)
- Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria (ГЕРБ)
- Movement for Rights and Freedoms (ДПС)
- National Union Attack (Атака)
- Coalition for Bulgaria (led by the Bulgarian Socialist Party) (Коалиция за България)
- Union of the Patriotic Forces "Defense" (Съюз на Патриотичните Сили "Защита")
- National Movement for Stability and Progress (formerly the National Movement Simeon II) (НДСВ)
- Coalition BANU (Коалиция БЗНС)(disqualified from the election)
- Bulgarian Left Coalition (Българска Лява Коалиция)
- Party of the Liberal Alternative and Peace (Партия на Либералната Алтернатива и Мира (ПЛАМ))
- The Greens (ПП Зелените)
- Social Democrats (Социалдемократи)
- Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization – Bulgarian National Movement (ВМРО – Българско Национално Движение)(disqualified from the election)
- The Other Bulgaria (ПП Другата България)
- Union of the Bulgarian Patriots (Обединение на Българските Патриоти)
- National Movement for the Salvation of the Fatherland (Политическа партия "Национално движение за спасение на Отечеството")
- Bulgarian National Union – New Democracy (Български Национален Съюз – НД)
- Blue Coalition (Синята Коалиция)
- For the Homeland (За Родината – ДГИ-НЛ)
[edit] Polls
- The following are the polls for the proportional vote:
| Source | Date | Turnout | GERB | BSP | DPS | Ataka | BC | NDSV | Lider | RZS | |
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| NCIOM | 3 July | 55 | 29-32 | 20-22 | 13-14 | 9-11 | 8-9 | 5-5.5 | 5-5.5 | 4 | [19] |
| Alpha Research | 1 July | 56 | 33.9 | 19.5 | 14.1 | 9 | 8.1 | 4.2 | 4.5 | 4.1 | [20] |
[edit] Results
[edit] Proportional vote
| Party | Votes | % | +/– | Seats | +/– | |
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| Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria | 1,678,641 | 39.72 | new | 116 | new | |
| Coalition for Bulgaria | 748,147 | 17.70 | −13.3 | 40 | −42 | |
| Movement for Rights and Freedoms | 610,521 | 14.45 | +1.7 | 38 | +4 | |
| National Union Attack | 395,733 | 9.36 | +1.2 | 21 | ±0 | |
| Blue Coalition | 285,662 | 6.76 | −7.3 | 15 | −22 | |
| Order, Lawfulness, Justice | 174,582 | 4.13 | new | 10 | new | |
| Lider (Bulgaria) | 137,795 | 3.26 | new | — | — | |
| National Movement for Stability and Progress | 127,470 | 3.02 | −16.9 | — | −53 | |
| The Greens | 21,841 | 0.52 | new | — | — | |
| For the Homeland | 11,524 | 0.27 | — | — | — | |
| Bulgarian Left Coalition | 8,762 | 0.21 | — | — | — | |
| Union of the Patriotic Forces "Defense" | 6,426 | 0.15 | — | — | — | |
| Social Democrats | 5,004 | 0.12 | — | — | — | |
| Bulgarian National Union – New Democracy | 3,813 | 0.09 | — | — | — | |
| The Other Bulgaria | 3,455 | 0.08 | — | — | — | |
| Party of the Liberal Alternative and Peace | 2,828 | 0.07 | — | — | — | |
| Union of the Bulgarian Patriots | 2,175 | 0.05 | — | — | — | |
| National Movement for the Salvation of the Fatherland | 1,874 | 0.04 | — | — | — | |
| Valid votes | 4,226,194 | 97.75 | — | 240 | ||
| Invalid votes | 97,387 | 2.25 | — | — | — | |
| Total (turnout: 60.20%) | 4,323,581 | 100.00 | — | — | — | |
| Source: CIK | ||||||
The Hare-Niemeyer method is used to allocate the number of seats to parties on the national level.[21]
[edit] Majority vote
There are 31 constituencies corresponding to the 28 Provinces of Bulgaria with an additional 3 reserved for the most populated cities of Sofia and Plovdiv.
The following table presents the summary of the majoritarian vote in Bulgaria:
| Party | Seats | Change | |
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| Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria | 26 | ||
| Coalition for Bulgaria | 0 | ||
| Movement for Rights and Freedoms | 5 | ||
| National Union Attack | 0 | ||
| National Movement for Stability and Progress | 0 | ||
| Blue Coalition | 0 | ||
| Lider (Bulgaria) | 0 | ||
| Order, Lawfulness, Justice | 0 | ||
| Others | 0 | ||
| Total | 31 | — | |
The elected majoritarian candidates are elected through first past the post method.
[edit] See also
- European Parliament elections, Bulgaria
- List of political parties in Bulgaria
- List of Bulgarian Constituencies
- Elections in Bulgaria
- Politics of Bulgaria
[edit] References
- ^ President Georgi Parvanov chooses 5th July 2009 for date of parliamentary elections. Radio Bulgaria. April 29, 2009.
- ^ Bulgaria elections. Election Guide.
- ^ Александрова, Нина (2009-07-05). "България избира 41-во Народно събрание" (in Bulgarian). Darik News. http://dariknews.bg/view_article.php?article_id=371775. Retrieved on 2009-07-07.
- ^ Junior ally supports Bulgarian ruling party's proposal for electoral reform. Southeast European Times. July 2, 2009.
- ^ Neue Acht-Prozent-Hürde für Parteibündnisse. Der Standard. April 14, 2009.
- ^ Kyustendil Mayor Quits Bulgarian Rightist Coalition. Bulgarian News Network. March 31, 2009.
- ^ Bulgarian court blocks higher election threshold. Southeast European Times. May 13, 2009.
- ^ New Bulgarian coalition denied election registration. Southeast European Times. May 29, 2009
- ^ Blue Coalition allowed to take part in vote. Southeast European Times. May 31, 2009.
- ^ "Резултати за страната при обработени 100.00% протоколи на СИК в РИК" (in Bulgarian). ЦИК. 2009-07-07. http://rezultati.cik2009.bg/results/proportional/index.html. Retrieved on 2009-07-07.
- ^ "Bulgaria opposition wins election". BBC. 2009-07-06. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8134851.stm. Retrieved on 2009-07-07.
- ^ "Избирателна активност за страната към края на изборния ден" (in Bulgarian). Централна избирателна комисия. http://rezultati.cik2009.bg/activity/rik_00.html. Retrieved on 2009-07-08.
- ^ "Висока избирателна активност на изборите прогнозират социолози" (in Bulgarian). Екип Нюз. 2009-07-04. http://www.ekipnews.com/?p=15486. Retrieved on 2009-07-08.
- ^ "Борисов ще е премиер, остана без часовник заради бас" (in Bulgarian). Dnes.bg. 2009-07-05. http://www.dnes.bg/izbori2009/2009/07/05/pyrvoto-obeshtanie-na-gerb-nov-izbiratelen-kodeks.73813. Retrieved on 2009-07-07.
- ^ "Борисов обеща бърз кабинет и съкращения на висши чиновници" (in Bulgarian). Дневник. 2009-07-06. http://dnevnik.bg/izbori2009/parlamentarni_izbori/2009/07/06/751108_borisov_obeshta_burz_kabinet_i_sukrashteniia_na_visshi/. Retrieved on 2009-07-07.
- ^ "Симеон Сакскобургготски подаде оставка" (in Bulgarian). Труд. 2009-07-06. http://www.trud.bg/Article.asp?ArticleId=170311. Retrieved on 2009-07-07.
- ^ Борисова, Биляна (2009-07-06). "Станишев: Нося отговорност за всичко, но няма да подам оставка" (in Bulgarian). Дневник. http://www.dnevnik.bg/izbori2009/2009/07/06/750412_stanishev_nosia_otgovornost_za_vsichko_no_niama_da/. Retrieved on 2009-07-07.
- ^ Централна избирателна комисия. Central Election Commission.
- ^ НЦИОМ: При 55% активност - ГЕРБ - 29 - 32%, БСП - 20 - 22%, ДПС - 13 - 14%. Bgfactor.com. July 3, 2009.
- ^ General Elections 2009 - Electoral Turnout. Alpha Research.
- ^ Methodology. Central Election Commission.
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