Bulgarian Parliamentary Election Results Announced: Pro-Russian Party Pushed to 3rd Place

The Central Election Commission of Bulgaria, after processing 100% of the protocols, announced the final results of the early parliamentary elections held on 27 October. It is reported by Novinite.

According to the CEC, the centre-right GERB party of former Prime Minister Boyko Borissov gained 26.38%.

In second place is the party ‘Continuing Changes - Democratic Bulgaria’ (CC-DB) of former Prime Minister Kiril Petkov with 14.20% of the vote.

The top three is rounded out by the pro-Russian and nationalist Eurosceptic party Revival, which garnered the support of 13.35% of voters.

This is followed by the Movement for Rights and Freedoms - New Beginnings (DPS) with 11.54%, the Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) with 7.56%, the Alliance for Rights and Freedoms with 7.48%, There Is a People with 6.77%, and MECH (Morality, Unity, Honour) with 4.59%.

In total, eight parties are running for the Bulgarian parliament.

The CEC also stated that the voter turnout in these elections was approximately 38.94% based on the results of all protocols. A total of 2,570,639 citizens voted.

This represents an increase of more than 4 percentage points compared to the previous early parliamentary elections on 9 June.

As The Gaze previously reported, on Sunday 27 October, Bulgarian citizens voted in the parliamentary elections, in which 19 parties, nine coalitions and one independent candidate took part.

These are the seventh elections in Bulgaria in three years. The snap elections, organised by the second interim government of Dimitar Glavchev, appointed by President Rumen Radev under new constitutional rules, were held in accordance with recent amendments to the country's electoral law.

Bulgaria has been unable to elect a lasting government since 2020 following corruption protests that led to the collapse of the coalition led by the centre-right GERB party.