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CEC Publishes Official Results Of Bulgaria's Early Elections
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Bulgaria's Central Electoral Commission released the official final results of the country's early elections.
According to them, the party with most seats is the centre-right GERB. It got 1 072 491, or 32.67% of the votes and 84 seats in Parliament. Its supporters cast 11 923 invalid ballots.
Next is the Bulgarian Socialist Party and its coalition Left Bulgaria with 505 527 votes – 15.4% and 39 seats.
One seat less – 38 – gets the ethnic Movement for Rights and Freedoms (DPS). For it voted 487 134 people, or 14.84%. DPS is also the party with largest number of invalid ballots – 15 093.
The Reformist Bloc is fourth with 291 806 votes (8.89%) and 23 seats, followed by the nationalist coalition Patriotic Front with 239 101 votes (7.28%) and 19 MPs.
Next is the formation of the TV host-turned-politician Nikolai Barekov, Bulgaria Without Censorship with 186 930 votes (5.69%) and 15 seats in Parliament.
The nationalists Ataka and the party of former Bulgarian President Georgi Parvanov, ABV, get 11 MPs each. The former got 148 262 votes (4.52%), the latter – 136 223 votes (4.15%).
According to CEC chairperson Ivilina Aleksieva, the total number of voters' signatures in the election papers was 3 500 585 and the number of cast ballots was 3 501 269. The number of valid ballots was 3 283 192, the number of invalid - 218 125. The number of votes, necessary for passing the 4% threshold was 131 326.6 votes.
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