Elections in Bulgaria gives information on election and election results in Bulgaria. An election is a process in which a vote is held to choose amongst candidates to fill an office, or amongst political parties offering a slate of potential office holders for a house of representatives. ...

Bulgaria elects on national level a head of state - the president - and a legislature. The president is elected for a five year term by the people. The National Assembly (Narodno Sabranie) has 240 members, elected for a four year term by proportional representation in multi-seat constituencies with a 4 % barrier. Bulgaria has a multi-party system, with numerous parties in which no one party often has a chance of gaining power alone, and parties must work with each other to form coalition governments. Though a term originally coined for Republican presidents, a head of state or chief of state is now universally known as the chief public representative of a nation-state, federation or commonwealth, whose role generally includes personifying the continuity and legitimacy of the state and exercising the political powers, functions... President is a title held by many leaders of organizations, companies, universities, and countries. ... Chamber of the Estates-General, the Dutch legislature. ... The National Assembly of Bulgaria (Bulgarian: Народното събрание, transliterated: Narodno Sabranie) is the unicameral parliament and body of the legislative of the Republic of Bulgaria. ... Proportional representation (PR) is any election system which ensures a proportionally representative result of a democratic election, x% of votes should be represented by x% in the democratic institutions, parliament or congress. ... A constituency is any cohesive corporate unit or body bound by shared structures, goals or loyalty. ... A multi-party system is a type of party system. ... A political party is a political organization subscribing to a certain ideology or formed around very special issues. ... A political party is a political organization subscribing to a certain ideology or formed around very special issues. ... A coalition government, or coalition cabinet, is a cabinet in parliamentary government in which several parties cooperate. ...

2005 elections

Elections were held on June 25, 2005, for the 240 members of the National Assembly. According to exit polls, the Leftist Coalition for Bulgaria had a lead with around 31%, but without a majority, neccesating the creation of a coalition. The National Movement for Simeon II, in power before the election, was in second place, with around 21%. Third was the Movement for Rights and Freedoms, mainly supported by ethnic Turks, with around 13%. June 25 is the 176th day of the year (177th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 189 days remaining. ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and is the current year. ... The National Assembly is the name of either a legislature, or the lower house of a bicameral legislature in some countries. ... Categories: Politics stubs | Liberal related stubs | Bulgarian political parties | Liberal parties ... The Movement of Rights and Freedoms (Dvizhenie za Prava i Svobodi, DPS) is a centrist political party in Bulgaria, based on the Turkish minority. ...

At least 6,000 candidates (from 22 parties) ran for election to the 240 member parilament. The turnout of 56% was record lowest. 4% of the votes are needed to gain a seat.

The opposition Leftist Coalition, headed by Bulgarian Socialist Party lead the election, but did not gain an outright majority. Sergei Stanishev, leader of the socialist party, stated he would attempt to form a governing coalition. "We won the confidence of the people ... We are ready to form a government ... and we will negotiate with any democratic party," Stanisheve said in a press conference. The Bulgarian Socialist Party (Bulgarian: Balgarska Socialističeska Partija or Българската социалистическа партия) (BSP or БСП) is a political party in Bulgaria and successor to the Bulgarian Communist Party. ...

In the last six free elections held since 1989, no government has been re-elected -- each has had to implement stringent economic and social reforms, since the fall of communism, and has lost popular support as a result.

Past elections

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See also

• Electoral calendar
• Electoral system

This electoral calendar lists the national/federal direct elections in the countries listed in the list of countries. ...

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