European Parliament election, 2009 (Bulgaria)

Bulgaria European Parliament election, 2009

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18 seats to the European Parliament
Turnout	37.5%
First party Second party Third party   Leader Boyko Borisov Sergei Stanishev Ahmed Dogan Party GERB BSP DPS Alliance EPP PES ALDE Seats won 5 4 3 Seat change ±0 −1 -1 Popular vote 627,693 476,618 364,197 Percentage 24.36% 18.50% 14.14%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Volen Siderov Simeon Sakskoburggotski Martin Dimitrov, Ivan Kostov Party ATAKA NDSV SDS+DSB Alliance NI ALDE EPP Seats won 2 2 1 Seat change -1 +1 +1 Popular vote 308,052 205,146 204,817 Percentage 11.96% 7.96% 7.95%

The European Parliament election of 2009 in Bulgaria was held on Sunday 7 June 2009 and was the election of the delegation from Bulgaria to the European Parliament. As a result of the Treaty of Nice - that became active in November 2004 - the number of Bulgarian delegates in the European Parliament decreased from 18 (in 2007) to 17 delegates. When the Treaty of Lisbon was ratified, the number of Bulgarian Delegates went back up to 18.

This election is the first one, in which Bulgaria elects MEP for the full 5-year term. Most political analysts viewed these elections as a rehearsal to the Bulgarian parliamentary election, 2009. It was speculated that if similar results were obtained on the latter elections, that the formation of government would be extremely difficult. This did not turn out to be the case.

The Official national results as of 10 June 2009 are as follows:

The following 18 MEP were elected:

5 MEPs from GERB that joined the European People's Party–European Democrats:

4 MEPs from the Bulgarian Socialist Party that joined the Party of European Socialists:

3 MEPs from Movement for Rights and Freedoms that joined the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe:

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