6 or 7 political parties will enter Bulgaria’s next Parliament, polls

Six or seven political parties will enter the next Parliament, according to a survey by Exacta Research Group, the results of which were released on July 8.

It was conducted between July 1-5, among 1,005 adult Bulgarians across the country.

Former PM Boyko Borissov’s GERB- UDF coalition has 21.4% of the support.

TV presenter Slavi Trifonov’s party “There is such a People” has 20.8%.

The polls predict the Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) will be in third place with 15.8% of the votes.

“Democratic Bulgaria” will get 12.8% of the support. The Movement for Rights and Freedoms will have 11.2%.

"Rise up! Thugs out!" (led by former ombudsperson, Maya Manolova) is predicted to receive 4,8% of the support.

The “Bulgarian Patriots” coalition of IMRO, the National Front for the Salvation of Bulgaria and Volya, will have 4%.

Just below the 4% threshold to win seats in the 46th National Assembly is the “Vuzrazhdane” party, “Bulgarian Summer” civic platform and other parties and coalitions.

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Bulgarians will be going to the polls on July 11 after the three biggest political powers elected in the April 4 regular parliamentary elections failed to form a government.