REPUBLIC OF BULGARIA LEGISLATIVE ELECTIONS OF 5 JULY 2009 ================================================================================ Elections to the Narodno Sabranie (National Assembly) Source: 2009 Izbori website, media websites Parties -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * BNS - Balgarski Naroden Sajuz (Bulgarian People's Union) * DPS - Dvizhenie za Prava i Svobodi (Movement for Rights and Freedoms) * GERB - Grazhdani za Evropeysko Razvitie na Balgariya (Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria) * KzB - Koalitsia za Balgariya (Coalition for Bulgaria) * NDSV - Nationalko Dvishenie Simeon Vtori (National Movement for Simeon II) * PA - Partiya Ataka (Attack Party) * RZS - Red, Kakonnost i Spravedlivost (Order, Law and Justice) * SK - Sinyata Koalitsia (Blue Coalition) NATIONAL SUMMARY OF VOTES AND SEATS ================================================================================ Registered voters: 7,129,965 Votes cast: 4,323,050 60.6 Invalid votes: 96,856 02.2 Valid votes: 4,226,194 97.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Party Votes % Change Seats -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Attack Party (PA) 395,733 09.4 +01.3 21 Blue Coalition (SK) 285,662 06.8 -07.4 15 - 22 Bulgarian People's Union (BNS) 3,813 00.1 -05.1 - - 13 Citizens for European Development (GERB) 1,678,641 39.7 116 +116 Coalition for Bulgaria (KzB) 748,147 17.7 -13.3 40 - 42 Movement for Rights and Freedoms (DPS) 610,521 14.5 +01.7 38 + 4 National Movement for Simeon II (NDSV) 127,470 03.0 -16.9 - - 53 Order, Law and Justice (RZS) 174,582 04.1 10 + 10 Others 201,625 04.8 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 4,226,194 240 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Blue Coalition is a coalition of the former Democrats for Strong Bulgaria (DSB) and Union of Democratic Forces (ODS), and its votes and seats are compared with the combined totals of these parties in 2005.