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All 240 seats in theNational Assembly 121 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Turnout | 58.87% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
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Parliamentary elections were held inBulgaria on 19 April 1997.[1] The result was a victory for theUnited Democratic Forces (an alliance of theUnion of Democratic Forces (SDS), theDemocratic Party, theBulgarian Agrarian National Union-Nikola Petkov and theBulgarian Social Democratic Party),[2] which won 137 of the 240 seats. Following the election, SDS leaderIvan Kostov became prime minister.[3]
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| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
| United Democratic Forces | 2,223,714 | 52.26 | 137 | +68 | |
| Democratic Left | 939,308 | 22.07 | 58 | −67 | |
| Union for National Salvation [bg] (DPS–ZP–BZNS(NP)–PDC–NI–FCB) | 323,429 | 7.60 | 19 | +4 | |
| Bulgarian Euro-Left | 234,058 | 5.50 | 14 | New | |
| Bulgarian Business Bloc | 209,796 | 4.93 | 12 | −1 | |
| Communist Party of Bulgaria | 50,864 | 1.20 | 0 | 0 | |
| Alliance for the Tsar | 46,765 | 1.10 | 0 | New | |
| Bulgarian Christian Coalition | 26,614 | 0.63 | 0 | New | |
| Democratic Party of Justice | 20,433 | 0.48 | 0 | 0 | |
| Party of Bulgarian Women | 16,061 | 0.38 | 0 | New | |
| Liberal Forum | 13,638 | 0.32 | 0 | New | |
| Crowned Democracy | 11,747 | 0.28 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bulgarian Workers' Socialist Party | 10,152 | 0.24 | 0 | New | |
| Bulgarian Agrarian National Union–Centre | 10,062 | 0.24 | 0 | New | |
| Democratic Alternative for the Republic | 9,664 | 0.23 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bulgarian Party of Liberals | 7,281 | 0.17 | 0 | New | |
| Bulgarian National-Radical Party | 7,099 | 0.17 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bulgarian National Democratic Party | 6,875 | 0.16 | 0 | New | |
| Popular Patriotic Left Front | 6,795 | 0.16 | 0 | New | |
| Bulgarian Workers-Agrarian Party | 6,754 | 0.16 | 0 | 0 | |
| Union for Democratic Development | 6,377 | 0.15 | 0 | New | |
| Christian Democratic Union | 5,912 | 0.14 | 0 | 0 | |
| Forward Bulgaria Coalition | 5,886 | 0.14 | 0 | 0 | |
| Free Cooperative Party | 5,534 | 0.13 | 0 | 0 | |
| Democratic League | 4,386 | 0.10 | 0 | New | |
| New Democracy | 3,720 | 0.09 | 0 | New | |
| Transfiguration Forum | 3,654 | 0.09 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bulgarian Democratic Party for European and World States | 3,614 | 0.08 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bulgarian National Ecological Party – Veliko Turnovo | 3,437 | 0.08 | 0 | New | |
| Bulgarian Green Federation | 3,347 | 0.08 | 0 | New | |
| Bulgarian Revolutionary Youth Party | 2,446 | 0.06 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bulgarian National Movement for the Eternal Path | 2,438 | 0.06 | 0 | New | |
| Bulgarian Fatherland Party – National Union | 2,301 | 0.05 | 0 | 0 | |
| Front of Progressive Forces in Bulgaria | 1,135 | 0.03 | 0 | 0 | |
| Alliance of the Nation – Movement of the Downtrodden | 670 | 0.02 | 0 | 0 | |
| Independents | 19,335 | 0.45 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 4,255,301 | 100.00 | 240 | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 4,255,301 | 99.16 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 35,956 | 0.84 | |||
| Total votes | 4,291,257 | 100.00 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 7,289,956 | 58.87 | |||
| Source: Nohlen & Stöver,University of Essex | |||||
Following the elections, Ivan Kostov formed theKostov Government.
