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President: Rumen Radev · Prime Minister: Kiril Petkov (PP) · Governing parties: PP, BSP, ITN, DB
Legislative elections: National Assembly, 4-year term, 240 seats, 4% threshold, party-list PR:

Party  2021III 2021II
Prodŭlžavame Promjanata (PP)
We Continue the Change		 Anti-corruption politics  
Social liberalism  		 25,3% 67 - -
Graždani za Evropejsko Razvitie na Bălgaria (GERB)
Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria		 Conservatism
  		 22,4% 59 23,5% 60
Săjuz na Demokratični Sili (SDS)
Union of Democratic Forces		 Conservatism
  		 3
Dviženie za Prava i Svobodi (DPS)
Movement for Rights and Freedoms		 Minority interests (TUR)
Centrism 		 12,8% 34 10,7% 29
Bălgarska Socialističeska Partija (BSP)
Bulgarian Socialist Party 		Social democracy
  		 10,1% 26 13,4% 36
Ima Takav Narod (ITN)
There Is Such A People		 Anti-corruption politics  
Social conservatism  		 9,4% 25 24,1% 65
Demokratična Bălgaria (DB)
Democratic Bulgaria 		Liberal conservatism
Environmentalism  		 6,3% 16 12,6% 34
Văzraždane (V)
Revival		 National conservatism
  		 4,8% 13 3,0% -
Izpravi Se Mutri Vŭn (ISMV)
Stand Up Mafia Get Out		 Anti-corruption politics 
Liberal conservatism 		 2,3% - 5,0% 13
Bălgarskite Patrioti (BP)
Bulgarian Patriots		 Nationalism
  		 - - 3,1% -
Others 6,6% - 4,6% -
Total - 240 - 240
Turnout 39,1% 42,2%

 © 2021 Wolfram Nordsieck. Source: Central Election Commission (http://results.cik.bg).
Archive: Legislative elections, 2009-2021II ( For full coverage, 1945-1946/1990-present, click here):
2009 2013 2014 2017 2021I 2021II
ITN % - - - - 17,4 24,1
  S. - - - - 51 65
GERB % 39,7 30,5 32,7 32,7 25,8 23,5
  S. 116 97 84 95 75 63
BSP (KB) % 17,7 26,6 15,4 27,2 14,8 13,4
  S. 40 84 39 80 43 36
DB % - - - - 9,3 12,6
  S. - - - - 27 34
DPS % 14,5 11,3 14,8 9,0 10,4 10,7
  S. 38 36 38 26 30 29
ISMV % - - - - 4,7 5,0
  S. - - - - 14 13
BP (PF, OB) % - - 7,3 9,1 - 3,1
  S. - - 19 27 - -
V % - - - 1,1 2,4 3,0
  S. - - - - - -
ATAKA % 9,4 7,3 4,5 OP 0,5 0,5
  S. 21 23 11 (7) - -
DSB % SK 2,9 RB RB DB DB
  S. (5) - (4) - (10) (11)
SDS (SK) % 6,8 1,4 RB RB GERB GERB
  S. 15 - (5) - (4) (3)
ABV % - - 4,2 1,6 0,5 BSP
  S. - - 11 - - (1)
VMRO-BND % RZS 1,9 PF OP 3,6 BP
  S. - - (8) (11) - -
VOLJA (...) % - - - 4,2 2,3 BP
  S. - - - 12 - -
NFSB % - 3,7 PF OP VOLJA BP
  S. - - (11) (9) - -
RB % - - 8,9 3,1 - -
  S. - - 23 - - -
BBC % - - 5,7 - - -
  S. - - 15 - - -
RZS % 4,1 1,7 - - - -
  S. 10 - - - - -
Others % 7,8 12,7 6,5 12,0 8,3 4,1
  S. - - - - - -
Total S. 240 240 240 240 240 240
Turnout % 60,2 51,3 51,1 54,1 49,1 42,2

Abbreviations: ITN: There Is Such A People; GERB: Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria; BSP: Bulgarian Socialist Party (2001-2013: Coalition for Bulgaria, KB); DB: Democratic Bulgaria; DPS: Movement for Rights and Freedoms; ISMV: Stand Up Mafia Get Out; BP: Bulgarian Patriots (2014: United Patriots, OP; 2017: Patriotic Front, PF); V: Revival; ATAKA: Attack; DSB: Democrats for a Strong Bulgaria; SDS: Union of Democratic Forces (2009: Blue Coalition, SK); ABV: Alternative for Bulgarian Development; VMRO-BND: VMRO-Bulgarian National Movement; VOLJA: Will (2021: VOLJA-NFSB); NFSB: National Front for the Salvation of Bulgaria; RB: Reformist Bloc; BBC: Bulgaria Without Censorship; RZS: Order Lawfulness Justice. © 2021 Wolfram Nordsieck.