Bulgaria

Results of the 2024 European elections

Political Party	European affiliation	Percentage of votes	Number of seats
GERB - SDS/ГЕРБ - СДС Coalition Grazhdani za evropeysko razvitie na Balgariya	EPP	23.50%	5
PP - DB/ПП - ДБ Coalition Prodalzhavame promyanata – Demokratichna	EPP / Renew Europe	14.91%	1 / 2
Vazrazhdane/Възраждане	NI	14.24%	3
DPS/ДПС Dvizhenie za prava i svobodi	Renew Europe	13.48%	3
BSP/БСП Bulgarska sotsialisticheska partiy	S&D	7.07%	2
ITN/ИТН Ima takav narod	NI	6.17%	1

List of Bulgarian MEPs

MEP	Gender	National party	Political group in the European Parliament
Andrey Kovachev	m	GERB - SDS/ГЕРБ - СДС Coalition Grazhdani za evropeysko razvitie na Balgariya - Sayuz na demokratichnite sili (National parties that are members of this coalition)	EPP
Andrey Novakov	m	GERB - SDS/ГЕРБ - СДС Coalition Grazhdani za evropeysko razvitie na Balgariya - Sayuz na demokratichnite sili	EPP
Emil Radev	m	GERB - SDS/ГЕРБ - СДС Coalition Grazhdani za evropeysko razvitie na Balgariya - Sayuz na demokratichnite sili	EPP
Eva Maydell	f	GERB - SDS/ГЕРБ - СДС Coalition Grazhdani za evropeysko razvitie na Balgariya - Sayuz na demokratichnite sili	EPP
Iliya Lazarov	m	GERB - SDS/ГЕРБ - СДС Coalition Grazhdani za evropeysko razvitie na Balgariya - Sayuz na demokratichnite sili	EPP
Nikola Minchev	m	PP - DB/ПП - ДБ Coalition Prodalzhavame promyanata – Demokratichna Balgariya	Renew Europe
Hristo Petrov	m	PP - DB/ПП - ДБ	Renew Europe
Radan Kanev	m	PP - DB/ПП - ДБ	EPP
Stanislav Stoyanov	m	Vazrazhdane/Възраждане	ESN
Petar Volgin	m	Vazrazhdane/Възраждане	ESN
Rada Laikova	f	Vazrazhdane/Възраждане	ESN
Christian Vigenin	m	BSP/БСП	S&D
Rumen Gechev	m	BSP/БСП	S&D
Dzhevdet Chakarov	m	DPS/ДПС Dvizhenie za prava i svobodi	Renew Europe
Ilhan Kyuchyuk	m	DPS/ДПС Dvizhenie za prava i svobodi	Renew Europe
Iskra Mihailova-Koparova	f	DPS/ДПС Dvizhenie za prava i svobodi	Renew Europe

Results of the 2019 European elections

Political parties	European affiliation	Number of votes	Percentage of votes	Number of seats	Trend compared with 2014
Citizens for the European Development of Bulgaria – Blue Coalition - GERB	EPP	574 417	31.07%	6	=
Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP)	S&D	450 005	24.26%	5	↑
Movement for Rights and Freedoms	Renew Europe	303 714	16.55%	3	↓
National Movement for Stability and Progress (VMRO)	ECR	137 714	7.36%	2	↑
Democrats for a Strong Bulgaria (DSB)	EPP	115 750	6.06 %	1	↑

Electoral Procedures

Election Dates : 9 June 2024
> Number of MEPs : 17
> At what age can one vote? 18 years
> At what age can one be elected? 21 years
> Who can vote? Every registered Bulgarian or European citizens living in Bulgaria.

Electoral rules

> Voting method : Preferential vote
> Means for attributing seats : D’Hare Niemeyer Method
>Can candidates be chosen from a list? Yes
>Number of districts : 1

Institutions and political situation

Democratic parliamentary republic
– Head of State : Rumen Radev
– Prime Minister : Nikolay Denkov (rotating position every 9 month with Mariya Gabriel)

Economy

Currency : Bulgarian lev (BGN) (fixed exchange rate : 1€ = 1.9558 BGN)
> GDP : €84 560 million (2022)
> GDP per capita (PPS) : €7 250 (2022)
> GDP Growth : 1.5% (2023)
> Unemployment: 5.3% (August 2023)
> Inflation : 7.7% (August 2023)
> Public Debt: 20.2 % of the GDP (2022)

Geography and population

– Surface Area : 100 910 km² (source : The CIA World Factbook)
– 6.8 million inhabitants (est. 2023)