Six parties would enter Bulgaria’s next parliament with centre-right GERB leading with 36% of the vote if early parliamentary elections were held now, a new survey has shown.

According to a survey conducted by Sofia-based think-tank Institute of Modern Politics (IMP), the Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) would come second with 24% support among those willing to vote, IMP said in a statement on its website.

The Movement for Rights and Freedoms (DPS) would win 9.3%, IMP said, adding that support for the mainly ethnic Turk party was on the rise.

Another three parties would pass the 4% threshold and make it to the 43^rd National Assembly, if the snap vote was held now: Bulgaria Without Censorship of journalist-turned-politician Nikolai Barekov, the right-wing Reformist Bloc and the ABV party led by former Bulgarian President Georgi Parvanov.

Bulgaria Without Censorship would garner 6.4% support in the vote and the Reformist Bloc would get 6.2%, IMP said.

ABV has improved its standing in comparison with a previous IMP survey conducted in July and would get 5.6%.

With a month to go before the early elections scheduled for October 5, two nationalist formations remain just below the entry threshold: Patriotic Front with 3.9% and Ataka party with 3.7%.

The survey was conducted in the period August 25-30 among 983 respondents across Bulgaria’s 28 regions.  Bulgaria will hold early elections on October 5.

The six parties could rely on potential additional support from voters who had been undecided at the time of the survey, the IMP said.

Thus, GERB could receive between 2% and 4% more votes, BSP – 2% to 3%, DPS – 1%, Bulgaria Without Censorship and the Reformist Bloc – 2.4% each and ABV – 1.4%

Ataka could get additional support of 0.5% in the election from currently undecided voters, while the Patriotic Front could muster additional backing of 1.3%, IMP said.

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