Bulgaria
parliamentary elections
25/06/2005
Sources: Electionguide.org, SE Times
Election Summary
The 25 June parliamentary elections produced Bulgaria's most colourful legislature in the 15 years since the end of communism, with seven parties and coalitions from the political spectre surpassing the 4 per cent threshold for entry, but none securing a majority to govern on its own.
The BSP won 31 per cent of the vote, which translates into 82 seats in the 240-seat unicameral legislature. The ruling centrist National Movement for Simeon II (NMS-II) came in second with 20 per cent, or 53 seats, and the Movements for Rights and Freedoms (MRF) was third with 13 per cent, or 34 seats. The remaining 71 seats are divided among four other parties and coalitions.
Voter turnout was 55.7 per cent.
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