Bulgaria (European Parliament constituency)

Bulgaria
European Parliament constituency
Location among the 2014 constituencies
Member state	Bulgaria
Created	2007
MEPs	18 (2007 - 2009) 17 (2009 - 2011) 18 (2011 - 2014) 17 (2014 - present)
Sources
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In European elections, Bulgaria is a constituency of the European Parliament, represented by seventeen MEPs. It covers the member state of Bulgaria.

As of January 2015

The 2007 European election was Bulgaria's first since joining the European Union on 2007-01-01 and was held on 2007-05-20.

The top two parties scored 5 seats each; Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria and Bulgarian Socialist Party, followed by the Movement for Rights and Freedoms with four, Ataka with three, and National Movement Simeon II (NDSV) with one. It was considered likely that the result of the election would cause a major political crisis in Bulgaria, due to the expected weak results of the National Movement.