Bulgarian parliamentary election, 1997
Bulgarian parliamentary election, 1997
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| 240 seats to the National Assembly |
| Turnout |
62.9% |
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First party |
Second party |
Third party |
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| Leader |
Ivan Kostov |
Georgi Parvanov |
Ahmed Dogan |
| Party |
ODS |
BSP |
DPS |
| Last election |
69 seats |
125 seats |
15 seats |
| Seats won |
137 |
58 |
19 |
| Seat change |
+68 |
−67 |
+4 |
| Popular vote |
2,223,714 |
939,308 |
323,429 |
| Percentage |
52.3% |
22.1% |
7.6% |
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Fourth party |
Fifth party |
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| Leader |
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George Ganchev |
| Party |
BEL |
BBB |
| Last election |
no seats |
13 seats |
| Seats won |
14 |
12 |
| Seat change |
N/A |
-1 |
| Popular vote |
234,058 |
209,796 |
| Percentage |
5.5% |
4.9% |
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Parliamentary elections were held in Bulgaria on 19 April 1997.[1] The result was a victory for the United Democratic Forces (an alliance of the Union of Democratic Forces (SDS), the Democratic Party, the Bulgarian Agrarian National Union-Nikola Petkov and the Bulgarian Social Democratic Party),[2] which won 137 of the 240 seats. Voter turnout was 62.9%.[3] Following the election, SDS leader Ivan Kostov became Prime Minister.[4]
Results
| Party |
Votes |
% |
Seats |
+/– |
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| United Democratic Forces | 2,223,714 | 52.3 | 137 | +68 |
| Democratic Left | 939,308 | 22.1 | 58 | −67 |
| Union for National Salvation¹ | 323,429 | 7.6 | 19 | +4 |
| Bulgarian Euro-Left | 234,058 | 5.5 | 14 | New |
| Bulgarian Business Bloc | 209,796 | 4.9 | 12 | −1 |
| Communist Party of Bulgaria | 50,864 | 1.2 | 0 | 0 |
| Alliance for the King | 46,765 | 1.1 | 0 | New |
| Bulgarian Christian Coalition | 26,614 | 0.6 | 0 | New |
| Democratic Party of Justice | 20,433 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Party of Bulgarian Women | 16,061 | 0.4 | 0 | New |
| Liberal Forum | 13,638 | 0.3 | 0 | New |
| Crowned Democracy | 11,747 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 |
| Bulgarian Workers' Socialist Party | 10,152 | 0.2 | 0 | New |
| Bulgarian Agrarian National Union-Centre | 10,062 | 0.2 | 0 | New |
| Democratic Alternative for the Republic | 9,664 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 |
| Bulgarian Party of Liberals | 7,281 | 0.2 | 0 | New |
| Bulgarian National-Radical Party | 7,099 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 |
| Bulgarian National Democratic Party | 6,875 | 0.2 | 0 | New |
| Popular Patriotic Left Front | 6,795 | 0.2 | 0 | New |
| Bulgarian Workers'-Agrarian Party | 6,754 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 |
| Union for Democratic Development | 6,377 | 0.2 | 0 | New |
| Christian Democratic Union | 5,912 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 |
| Forward Bulgaria' Coalition | 5,886 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 |
| Free Cooperative Party | 5,534 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 |
| Democratic League | 4,386 | 0.1 | 0 | New |
| New Democracy | 3,720 | 0.1 | 0 | New |
| Transfiguration Forum | 3,654 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bulgarian Democratic Party for European and World States | 3,614 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bulgarian National Ecological Party - Veliko Turnovo | 3,437 | 0.1 | 0 | New |
| Bulgarian Green Federation | 3,347 | 0.1 | 0 | New |
| Bulgarian Revolutionary Youth Party | 2,446 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bulgarian National Movement for the Eternal Path | 2,438 | 0.1 | 0 | New |
| Bulgarian Fatherland Party – National Union | 2,301 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 |
| Front of Progressive Forces in Bulgaria | 1,135 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alliance of the Nation - Movement of the Downtrodden | 670 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Independents | 19,335 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Invalid/blank votes | 35,956 | – | – | – |
| Total | 4,291,257 | 100 | 240 | 0 |
| Sources: Nohlen & Stöver, University of Essex |
¹ The Union for National Salvation was an alliance between the Movement for Rights and Freedoms, the Green Party of Bulgaria, the Bulgarian Agrarian People's Union "Nikola Petkov", the Union of Democratic Forces-Centre, New Choice and the Federation "Kingdom of Bulgaria".[5]
Aftermath
- See Kostov Government
References
- ↑ Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p. 369 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
- ↑ Nohlen & Stöver, p. 372
- ↑ Nohlen & Stöver, p. 383
- ↑ Bulgaria: Elections held in 1997 Inter-Parliamentary Union
- ↑ Nohlen & Stöver, p. 372