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Borisov’s Cabinet resigned amid massive anti-poverty protests in February, prompting President Rosen Plevneliev to adjourn the Parliament, appoint a caretaker Cabinet and schedule elections for May 12. Photo by Sofia Photo Agency
Four political parties will surely have lawmakers in Bulgaria’s next Parliament, according to an exit poll.
The center-right GERB party of former PM Boyko Borisov (2009-2013) is projected to win 30.3% of the vote, while its arch enemy, the Bulgarian Socialist Party, has garnered 27%, an exit poll, conducted by private Gallup polling agency, showed.
The ethnic Turkish Movement for Rights and Freedoms comes third with 10.7%, followed by the ultranationalist Attack (7.5%).
One more party, which appeared likely to enter the parliament during the pre-election campaign, failed to do so.
The right-wing Bulgaria for Citizens of former EU Commissioner Meglena Kuneva has 3.9%, which is exactly right below the election threshold.
The exit poll suggests that none of the other parties stand a chance of obtaining seats in Parliament.
Borisov’s Cabinet resigned amid massive anti-poverty protests in February, prompting President Rosen Plevneliev to adjourn the Parliament, appoint a caretaker Cabinet and schedule elections for May 12.
GERB has decided to withdraw the candidacy of Raya Nazaryan for the position of Speaker of the National Assembly, as announced by the party leader Boyko Borissov.
The Bulgarian parliament has entered its 18th day without electing a speaker, marking a historic impasse in the 51st National Assembly
Boyko Borissov, leader of GERB, declined to reveal his party’s plans for resolving Bulgaria’s political crisis
GERB leader Boyko Borissov has announced his decision to withdraw as a candidate for prime minister and plans to return the first mandate to form a government
A recent study by the Association of European Journalists – Bulgaria (AEJ-Bulgaria) has highlighted significant political pressure on journalists in the country
GERB has designated representatives to organize leadership negotiations, which will only proceed if aimed at forming a government
Ivan Portnih, candidate of Bulgaria’s formerly ruling center-right party GERB, has won the battle for mayor of the coastal city of Varna by a slim margin.
Two candidates are vying to be mayor of Bulgaria's third-largest city and summer capital, Varna on the Black Sea coast.
The Sofia City Prosecutor's Office final count of the alleged illegal ballots discovered at a printing house in Kostinbrod hours ahead of the May 12 early elections is 480 000.
The number of apparently illegally printed ballots for Bulgaria's May 12 early general elections has swollen to at least 400,000, according to an announcement by the prosecution.
Bulgaria's formerly-ruling, center-right GERB Party has sent its claim contesting and asking to void the May 12 early general elections results to all European institutions.
Bulgaria's Constitutional Court has decided to try the claim contesting and asking to void the May12 early general elections results.
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