Bulgaria (European Parliament constituency)

Bulgaria
Bulgaria
	European Parliament constituency
	Location among the 2014 constituencies
Member state	Bulgaria
Created	2007
MEPs	18 (2007–2009); 17 (2009–2011); 18 (2011–2014); 17 (2014–present)
Sources

Current MEPs

As of January 2015[1]

Name	National party	EP group
Nedzhmi Ali	Movement for Rights and Freedoms	ALDE
Nikolay Barekov	Bulgaria without Censorship	ECR
Angel Dzhambazki	IMRO-BNM	ECR
Asim Ademov	Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria	EPP
Filiz Hyusmenova	Movement for Rights and Freedoms	ALDE
Iliana Iotova	Bulgarian Socialist Party	PES
Andrey Kovatchev	Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria	EPP
Ilhan Kyuchyuk	Movement for Rights and Freedoms	ALDE
Svetoslav Malinov	Democrats for Strong Bulgaria	EPP
Iskra Mihaylova	Movement for Rights and Freedoms	ALDE
Momchil Nekov	Bulgarian Socialist Party	PES
Andrey Novakov	Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria	EPP
Eva Maydell	Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria	EPP
Georgi Pirinski	Bulgarian Socialist Party	PES
Emil Radev	Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria	EPP
Sergei Stanishev	Bulgarian Socialist Party	PES
Vladimir Urutchev	Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria	EPP

The 2007 European election was Bulgaria's first since joining the European Union on 2007-01-01 and was held on 2007-05-20.

The top two parties scored 5 seats each; Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria and Bulgarian Socialist Party, followed by the Movement for Rights and Freedoms with four, Ataka with three, and National Movement Simeon II (NDSV) with one. It was considered likely that the result of the election would cause a major political crisis in Bulgaria, due to the expected weak results of the National Movement.[2]


Party		Votes	%	Seats
	GERB	420,001	21.68	5
	Coalition for Bulgaria	414,786	21.41	5
	Movement for Rights and Freedoms	392,650	20.26	4
	Attack	275,237	14.20	3
	National Movement Simeon II	121,398	6.27	1
	Union of Democratic Forces	91,871	4.74	0
	Democrats for a Strong Bulgaria	84,350	4.35	0
	Coalition of Bulgarian Social Democrats (PBSD–PDS)	37,645	1.94	0
	Agrarian People's Union	29,752	1.54	0
	Communist Party	18,988	0.98	0
	Union of Free Democrats	14,392	0.74	0
	Green Party	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
Total		1,937,696	100.00	18

Valid votes		1,937,696	99.09
Invalid/blank votes		17,750	0.91
Total votes		1,955,446	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		6,691,080	29.22
Source: Izbori2007


Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	GERB	627,693	24.36	5	0
	Coalition for Bulgaria	476,618	18.50	4	–1
	Movement for Rights and Freedoms	364,197	14.14	3	–1
	Attack	308,052	11.96	2	–1
	National Movement for Stability and Progress	205,146	7.96	2	+1
	Blue Coalition	204,817	7.95	1	+1
	Liberal Initiative for Democratic European Development	146,984	5.70	0	New
	Order, Law and Justice	120,280	4.67	0	0
	IMRO – Bulgarian National Movement	57,931	2.25	0	New
	The Greens	18,444	0.72	0	New
	Bulgarian Social Democracy	14,132	0.55	0	New
	Union of Patriotic Forces "Defence"	11,904	0.46	0	New
	Bulgarian New Democracy	11,679	0.45	0	New
	Independents	8,565	0.33	0	0
Total		2,576,442	100.00	17	–1

Valid votes		2,576,442	99.03
Invalid/blank votes		25,245	0.97
Total votes		2,601,687	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		6,684,770	38.92
Source: CIK


Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	GERB	680,838	30.40	6	+1
	Coalition for Bulgaria	424,037	18.94	4	0
	Movement for Rights and Freedoms	386,725	17.27	4	+1
	Bulgaria Uncensored	238,629	10.66	2	New
	Reformist Bloc	144,532	6.45	1	0
	Alternative for Bulgarian Revival	90,061	4.02	0	New
	National Front for the Salvation of Bulgaria	68,376	3.05	0	New
	Attack	66,210	2.96	0	–2
	People's Voice	22,440	1.00	0	New
	Coalition KOD	20,487	0.91	0	New
	The Greens	12,547	0.56	0	0
	Bulgarian Left	11,014	0.49	0	New
	Blue Unity	10,786	0.48	0	New
	BKP	9,318	0.42	0	New
	Green Party	7,989	0.36	0	New
	BASTA	7,330	0.33	0	New
	Party of Greens	5,218	0.23	0	New
	Union of Communists in Bulgaria	3,217	0.14	0	New
	Bulgarian National Patriotic Party	3,000	0.13	0	New
	Christian Democratic Party	2,964	0.13	0	New
	Nationalist Parties of Bulgaria	2,499	0.11	0	New
	Independents	21,213	0.95	0	0
Total		2,239,430	100.00	17	0

Valid votes		2,239,430	94.81
Invalid/blank votes		122,536	5.19
Total votes		2,361,966	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		6,599,599	35.79
Source: CIK


Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	GERB-SDS	607,194	30.13	6	0
	Bulgarian Socialist Party	474,160	23.53	5	+1
	Movement for Rights and Freedoms	323,510	16.05	3	–1
	IMRO – Bulgarian National Movement	143,830	7.14	2	+1
	Democratic Bulgaria	118,484	5.88	1	+1
	Volya Movement	70,830	3.51	0	New
	National Front for the Salvation of Bulgaria	22,421	1.11	0	0
	NDSV–New Time	21,315	1.06	0	New
	Attack	20,906	1.04	0	0
	Revival	20,319	1.01	0	New
	Coalition for Bulgaria	16,759	0.83	0	0
	Democrats for Responsibility, Solidarity and Tolerance	7,130	0.35	0	New
	People's Voice	6,136	0.30	0	0
	Party of Greens	6,051	0.30	0	0
	Movement 21	4,141	0.21	0	New
	Recharge Bulgaria Movement	3,907	0.19	0	New
	Together Movement	3,731	0.19	0	New
	VOLT	3,500	0.17	0	New
	Direct Democracy	2,425	0.12	0	New
	Bulgarian National Association	2,370	0.12	0	New
	Rise	1,855	0.09	0	New
	Independents	73,317	3.64	0	0
None of the above		61,029	3.03	–	–
Total		2,015,320	100.00	17	0

Valid votes		2,015,320	96.17
Invalid/blank votes		80,238	3.83
Total votes		2,095,558	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		6,378,694	32.85
Source: CIK

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