DISTRIBUTION OF SEATS IN THE 43RD NATIONAL ASSEMBLY

On 9^th of October, Bulgaria's Central Election Commission announced the final results of the early parliamentary elections held on 5^th of October.

Eight parties won MP seats. The distribution of seats in the 43^rd National Assembly and the share of votes are as follows:

Centre-right party GERB -  84 seats, 32.67%, 1 072 491 votes;

Centre-left Bulgarian Socialist Party -  39 seats, 15.4 % , 505 527 votes ;

Liberal “Movement for Rights and Freedoms” – 38 seats, 14.84 %, 487 134 votes;

Centre-right coalition “Reformist Bloc” – 23 seats, 8.89%, 291 806 votes;

Nationalist alliance “Patriotic Front” – 19 seats, 7.28 %, 239 101 votes;

The populist coalition “Bulgaria without Censorship” – 15 seats, 5.69 %, 186 938 votes;

Nationalist party “Ataka”- 11 seats, 4.52 %, 148 262 votes;

Centre-left “ABC”- 11 seats, 4.15%, 136 223votes.

A total of 3 501 269 ballots had been cast. 218 125 were spoilt votes, which is twice as much in comparioson witrh  90 047 spoilt ballots at the parliamentary elections in May 2013.