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President: Rumen Radev · Prime Minister: Boyko Borisov (GERB) · Governing parties: GERB, VMRO-BND, NFSB, ATAKA
Legislative elections: National Assembly, 4-year term, 240 seats, 4% threshold, party-list PR:

Party 2017 2014
Graždani za Evropejsko Razvitie na Bălgaria (GERB)
Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria		 Conservatism
  		 32,7% 95 32,7% 84
Bălgarska Socialističeska Partija (BSP)
Bulgarian Socialist Party 		Social democracy
  		 27,2% 80 15,4% 39
VMRO – Bălgarsko Nacionalno Dviženie (VMRO-BND)
VMRO – Bulgarian National Movement		 Nationalism
National conservatism   		 9,1% 11 7,3% 8
Nacionalen Front za Spasenie na Bălgaria (NFSB)
National Front for the Salvation of Bulgaria		 Nationalism
      		 9 11
Ataka (ATAKA)
Attack		 Nationalism
Far-right politics 		 7 4,5% 11
Dviženie za Prava i Svobodi (DPS)
Movement for Rights and Freedoms		 Minority interests (TUR)
Centrism 		 9,0% 26 14,8% 38
Volja (VOLJA)
Will		   
  		 4,2% 12 - -
Reformatorski Blok (RB)
Reformist Bloc 		Conservatism
Christian democracy 		 3,1% - 8,9% 23
Alternativa za Bălgarsko Vălgarsko (ABV)
Alternative for Bulgarian Development 		Social democracy
  		 1,6% - 4,2% 11
Bălgarska Bez Cenzura (BBC)
Bulgaria Without Censorship		 Anti-corruption politics
Right-wing populism		 - - 5,7% 15
Others 14,1% - 6,5% -
Total - 240 - 240
Turnout 54,1% 51,1%

 © 2017 Wolfram Nordsieck. Source: Central Election Commission (http://results.cik.bg).
Archive: Legislative elections, 1997-2014 ( For full coverage, 1945-1946/1990-present, click here):
1997 2001 2005 2009 2013 2014
GERB % - - - 39,7 30,5 32,7
  S. - - - 116 97 84
BSP (KB, ...) % 22,0 17,1 31,0 17,7 26,6 15,4
  S. 58 48 82 40 84 39
DPS (...) % 7,6 7,5 12,8 14,5 11,3 14,8
  S. 19 21 84 38 36 38
RB % - - - - - 8,9
  S. - - - - - 23
PF % - - - - - 7,3
  S. - - - - - 19
BBC % - - - - - 5,7
  S. - - - - - 15
ATAKA % - - 8,1 9,4 7,3 4,5
  S. - - 21 21 23 11
ABV % - - - - - 4,2
  S. - - - - - 11
BSD (BE, ...)  % 5,5 1,0 1,3 - - 0,3
  S. 14 - - - - -
NDSV (...) % - 42,7 19,9 3,0 1,6 0,2
  S. - 120 53 - - -
NFSB % - - - - 3,7 PF
  S. - - - - - (11)
VMRO-BND % - 3,6 BNS RZS 1,9 PF
  S. - - (5) - - (8)
DSB % - - 6,4 SK 2,9 RB
  S. - - 17 (5) - (4)
SDS (ODS, SK) % 52,3 18,2 7,7 6,8 1,4 RB
  S. 125 51 20 15 - (5)
RZS % - - - 4,1 1,7 -
  S. - - - 10 - -
BNS % - - 5,2 - - -
   S. - - 13 - - -
BBB % 4,9 - - - - -
  S. 12 - - - - -
Others % 7,7 9,9 7,6 4,8 11,1 6,0
  S. - - - - - -
Total S. 240 240 240 240 240 240
Turnout % 58,9 66,8 55,8 60,2 51,3 51,1

Abbreviations: GERB: Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria; BSP: Bulgarian Socialist Party (1997: Bulgarian Left, BL; 2001-2013: Coalition for Bulgaria, KB); DPS: Movement for Rights and Freedoms (1997: Alliance of National Salvation, ONS); RB: Reformist Bloc; PF: Patriotic Front; BBC: Bulgaria Without Censorship; ABV: Alternative for Bulgarian Development; ATAKA: (2005: Coalition Attack, ATAKA); BSD: Bulgarian Social Democracy (1997: Bulgarian Euro-Left, BE; 2005: Rose Coalition, KR); NDSV: National Movement for Stability and Progress (2001-2005: National Movement Simeon II, NDSV; 2013: Center-Freedom and Dignity, C-SD); NFSB: National Front for the Salvation of Bulgaria; VMRO-BND: VMRO-Bulgarian National Movement (2001: George Day-VMRO-Bulgarian National Movement, DG-VMRO); DSB: Democrats for a Strong Bulgaria; SDS: Union of Democratic Forces (1997-2005: United Democratic Forces, ODS; 2009: Blue Coalition, SK); RZS: Order Lawfulness Justice; BNS: Bulgarian People's Union; BBB: Bulgarian Business Bloc. © 2017 Wolfram Nordsieck.