24 UDF SEATS MIGHT OPOSE PM KOSTOV

Politics | June 19, 2001, Tuesday // 00:00

Ivan Kostov has brought the Union of Democratic Forces to a complete fiasco, indicates the analysis of the official results of the Sunday general election. In the 39th National Assembly `National Movement for Simeon II` will have 120 mandates, UtdDF - 51, coalition `For Bulgaria` - 48, and the MRF - 21, Mihail Konstantinov, a CEC member said. Only 18.24% of the electorate trusted Kostov and voted for the UtdDF. At the 1997 election 52% voted for UtdDF. Ten of the new 51 MPs of the so far ruling authorities are candidates of the Democratic party and of Moser`s BAPU. Another 14 are members of the Sofia UDF organization who have nothing to do with Kostov. In this way the new MPs of the party leader and he himself make only 27, comments Standart daily.

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