2001 Bulgarian parliamentary election
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 66.3%. Following the elections, Simeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, the country's last Tsar from 1943 to 1946, became Prime Minister.[2]
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All 240 seats in the National Assembly 121 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Turnout | 66.3% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.[2] A total of 65 parties registered for the elections, together with eleven independents.[2]
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.[2]
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 | 0.60 | 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 |
Registered voters/turnout | 6,916,151 | 66.63 | – | – |
Source: Nohlen & Stöver, University of Essex |
Aftermath
Following the elections, Simeon Sakskoburggotski became Prime Minister and formed the Sakskoburggotski Government.
References
- Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p.369 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
- Bulgaria: Elections held in 2001 Inter-Parliamentary Union