European Parliament election, 2014 (Bulgaria)

European Parliament election in Bulgaria, 2014

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All 17 Bulgarian seats to the European Parliament
Turnout	35.84%
First party Second party Third party   Leader Boyko Borisov Sergei Stanishev Lyutvi Mestan Party GERB KB DPS Alliance EPP PES ALDE Last election 5 seats, 24.36% 4 seats, 18.50% 3 seats, 14.14% Seats won 6 4 4 Seat change +1 ±0 + 1 Popular vote 680,838 424,037 386,725 Percentage 30.40% 18.93% 17.26% Swing + 6.04% + 0.44% + 3.12%   Fourth party Fifth party   Leader Nikolay Barekov Radan Kanev (As spokesperson) Party BBT RB Last election N/A, formed in 2014 N/A, formed in 2013 Seats won 2 1 Popular vote 238,629 144,532 Percentage 10.66% 6.45% Swing N/A N/A

The European Parliament election of 2014 in Bulgaria was held on 25 May 2014 to elect the Members of the European Parliament from Bulgaria to the European Parliament as part of the larger European Parliament election. After a decision by the European Council in 2013, Bulgaria was allocated 17 seats in the European Parliament for the Eighth European Parliament.

The election campaign officially began on April 25, 2014, one month before the election day.

The elections come a year after the 2013 parliamentary elections in Bulgaria that resulted in a minority parliament. Since the election winner, GERB, failed to form a government the Socialists and the DPS formed a coalition government led by Plamen Oresharski. The European elections of 2014 are considered to be of importance as they will reflect the popularity of the current government.

In February 2014 Bulgarian MPs voted to lower the preferential-vote threshold for the election from 6% to 5% of each list's total votes.

Implicit electoral threshold still remains equal to the Hare Quota, which is about 5,88% of the total valid votes.

Polls include Bulgarian parliamentary election polls if European parliamentary election polling numbers are unavailable.

The Official national results as of 28 May 2014 with 100% of the ballots counted are as follows:

The following 17 MEP were elected:

European People's Party–European Democrats - 7 seats:

Party of European Socialists - 4 seats:

Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe - 4 seats:

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