2024 European Parliament election in Bulgaria

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All 17 Bulgarian seats in theEuropean Parliament
Turnout	33.78%
First party Second party Third party   Leader Rosen Zhelyazkov Dzhevdet Chakarov Nikola Minchev Party GERB–SDS DPS PP–DB Alliance EPP Renew Renew-EPP[a] Last election 6 seats, 30.40% 3 seats, 16.55% 1 seat, 6.45% Seats won 5 3 3 Seat change 1 2 Popular vote 474,059 295,092 290,865 Percentage 23.55% 14.66% 14.45% Swing 6.85% 1.89% 8.00%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Stanislav Stoyanov Kristian Vigenin Ivaylo Vulchev Party Revival BSP ITN Alliance ESN S&D ECR[b] Last election 0 seats, 1.04% 5 seats, 24.26% — Seats won 3 2 1 Seat change 3 3 New Popular vote 281,434 141,178 121,572 Percentage 13.98% 7.01% 6.04% Swing 12.94% 17.25% New
Results by national constituency

The2024 European Parliament election inBulgaria was held on 9 June 2024 as part of the2024 European Parliament election. This was the country’s fifth parliamentary election sinceits accession to the EU in 2007, and the first to take place afterBrexit.^[4] Bulgaria also held a separatenational parliamentary election that day.

The 17 members are elected throughsemi-open listproportional representation in a single nationwide constituency with seats allocated throughlargest remainder method. The threshold is the number of valid votes divided by the number of members of the European parliament from Bulgaria,^[5] which is roughly 5.9%.^[6]

All people who have Bulgarian citizenship and a main residence in Bulgarian, Bulgarian citizens without residence in Bulgaria (Bulgarians abroad) and other Union citizens if their main residence is in Bulgaria are entitled to vote in the European elections in Bulgaria. In addition, those eligible to vote must turn 18 years old by election day at the latest and be registered in the voter register/European voter register of a local Bulgarian administration on the deadline date. Voting is compulsory for Bulgarian citizens but the obligation is not enforced and no penalties are envisaged for those who don't vote.^[7]

The table shows the detailed composition of the Bulgarian seats at the European Parliament as of 24 January 2024.

Below is the official list of parties and coalitions that registered lists for the European Parliamentary elections.^[12]

On 24 January, after internal discussions,PP announced that their lead candidate for the EP elections would be the former Speaker of the47th National Assembly and current MP,Nikola Minchev.^[13]

On 18 March, the PP Executive Committee approved a shortlist of 15 candidates, includingDaniel Lorer,Yavor Bozhankov,Hristo Petrov (known more commonly by his rapper name Itso Hazarta),Nastimir Ananiev,Iskren Mitev, Hristo Daskalov andDenitsa Simeonova, some of which will end up in the common PP–DB list.^[14]

Following the Congress, PP confirmed their intention to participate in the upcoming election in a joint list withDemocratic Bulgaria and presented a list of nominees for the list, which included the figures previously presented by the Executive Committee as well as MPs Iva Ruycheva and Miroslav Mavrov.^[15]

On 19 February,Yes, Bulgaria!, a member ofDB, confirmed that the party would nominate candidates for the European Election list through internal elections.^[16]

On the 7 April, "Yes, Bulgaria!" officially set the date for their internal elections between the 16 and 18 of April, with a list of nominees for the position similarly being published. The party also confirmed their intention to participate in the EU elections together with PP.^[17]

On the 19 April, the party announced that former Bulgarian Ambassador to theUnited NationsStefan Tafrov, anMEP candidate in the previous European elections, had won their internal primary.^[18]

TheDSB, the other member of DB, is the only constituent party within PP–DB which has anMEP within the outgoing European Parliament, that beingRadan Kanev.

On 17 January, Kanev confirmed that he would not be interested in becoming the list leader for a joint PP–DB list, although he did confirm his intention to participate in the upcoming EU elections and stated that he had already been nominated as the lead candidate from DSB.^[19]

Revival announced their list for the European Elections on the 16 of April, with the list being led by current MPStanislav Stoyanov.^[20] Notably, the second position on the list was held byPetar Volgin, a journalist known for his pro-Russian stances.^[21]

DPS announced their list for the European Elections on the 6 May, being led by the co-leader of the party,Dzhevdet Chakarov, and including incumbent BSP MEP,Elena Yoncheva.^[22]

TheBulgarian Socialist Party announced their list for the European Parliamentary Elections on the 27th of April, being headed by current MP, formerMEP and formerMinister of Foreign AffairsKristian Vigenin.^[23] Due to disagreements with party leaderKorneliya Ninova, none of the party’s current MEPs, with the exception ofTsvetelina Penkova, ended up in the party’s list.

On the 16 April,VMRO leader,Krasimir Karakachanov, confirmed the party, which currently has two MEPs in the outgoing European Parliament, intended to contest the upcoming European Elections alone.^[24] The VMRO list was to be headed by current MEP,Angel Dzhambazki.^[25]

Green Movement, a former member of thePP–DB coalition, similarly announced their intention to participate in the twin European-National elections independently.^[26]

Solidary Bulgaria, a new electoral alliance between formerSofia mayoral candidateVanya Grigorova andIS.BG leaderMaya Manolova, will contest the European elections.^[27]

Kuzman Iliev, Bulgarian economist and head of the civic organisation "Bulgaria Can", announced his intention to run as an independent on the 14 April 2024.^[28]

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	GERB–SDS	474,059	23.55	5	–1
	Movement for Rights and Freedoms	295,092	14.66	3	0
	We Continue the Change – Democratic Bulgaria	290,865	14.45	3	+2
	Revival	281,434	13.98	3	+3
	BSP for Bulgaria	141,178	7.01	2	–3
	There is Such a People	121,572	6.04	1	New
	Velichie	81,955	4.07	–	New
	Morality, Unity, Honour	51,076	2.54	–	New
	VMRO – Bulgarian National Movement	42,022	2.09	–	–2
	Blue Bulgaria	24,917	1.24	–	New
	Solidary Bulgaria	24,685	1.23	–	New
	Center	20,869	1.04	–	New
	Party of the Greens [bg]	17,131	0.85	–	0
	Independent candidate Kuzman Iliev	11,057	0.55	–	New
	The Left!	10,230	0.51	–	New
	Bulgarian Rise	9,510	0.47	–	New
	Green Movement	8,347	0.41	–	–
	People's Voice	6,921	0.34	–	–
	Direct Democracy [bg]	5,257	0.26	–	–
	We Are Coming	4,999	0.25	–	New
	We the Citizens	4,937	0.25	–	New
	Unification	4,302	0.21	–	New
	Bulgarian Voice	2,821	0.14	–	New
	Citizens Bloc	2,310	0.11	–	New
	Coalition of the Rose [bg]	2,294	0.11	–	New
	Society for a New Bulgaria [bg]	2,073	0.10	–	New
	Bulgarian National Union – New Democracy	1,956	0.10	–	New
	For a Great Bulgaria	1,770	0.09	–	New
	People's Party "Truth and Only the Truth" [bg]	1,733	0.09	–	New
	Bulgarian National Unification	983	0.05	–	–
	Bulgarian Union for Direct Democracy [bg]	895	0.04	–	New
None of the above		63,810	3.17	–	–
Total		2,013,060	100.00	17	0
Valid votes		2,013,060	97.05
Invalid/blank votes		61,238	2.95
Total votes		2,074,298	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		6,170,472	33.62
Source:Central Electoral Commission,European Parliament

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