Bulgaria
regular parliamentary elections
17/06/2001
Source: The International Foundation for Election Systems
Election Summary
Bulgaria held parliamentary elections on 17 June 2001. Falling just one vote shy of an absolute parliamentary majority, the contest resulted in an overwhelming victory for former King Simeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha and his newly-formed National Movement Simeon II (NMS). The movement, founded only three months before the elections, easily defeated the ruling centre-right Union of Democratic Forces (UDF) and the Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP).
Parliament officially approved a coalition government composed of the NMS and the ethnic Turkish Movement for Rights and Freedoms (MRF) on July 24 2001, affording Prime Minister Saxe-Coburg-Gotha’s government an additional 21 deputies.
Note:
Coalition for Bulgaria is an association of parties and civil structures led by the Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP).
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