Bulgaria

Lists of candidates for the 2024 European elections, on the 9th of June

Parties	Lead candidate	Full list
Graždani za evropejsko razvitie na Bǎlgarija (GERB)
Продължаваме промяната – Демократична България (PP-DB)
Revival (V)
Ima takăv narod (ITN)
Dvizhenie za prava i svobodi (DPS)
Bulgarska sotsialisticheska partiya (BSP)
VMRO - Bălgarsko nacionalno dviženie
Политическите партии в България (BV)

Results of the 26 May 2019 European elections

Political parties	European affiliation	Number of votes	Percentage of votes	Number of seats	Trend compared with 2014
Citizens for the European Development of Bulgaria – Blue Coalition - GERB	EPP	574 417	31.07%	6	=
Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP)	S&D	450 005	24.26%	5	↑
Movement for Rights and Freedoms	Renew Europe	303 714	16.55%	3	↓
National Movement for Stability and Progress (VMRO)	ECR	137 714	7.36%	2	↑
Democrats for a Strong Bulgaria (DSB)	EPP	115 750	6.06 %	1	↑

Electoral Procedures

Election Dates : 9 June 2024
> Number of MEPs : 17
> At what age can one vote? 18 years
> At what age can one be elected? 21 years
> Who can vote? Every registered Bulgarian or European citizens living in Bulgaria.

Electoral rules

> Voting method : Preferential vote
> Means for attributing seats : D’Hare Niemeyer Method
>Can candidates be chosen from a list? Yes
>Number of districts : 1

Institutions and political situation

Democratic parliamentary republic
– Head of State : Rumen Radev
– Prime Minister : Nikolay Denkov (rotating position every 9 month with Mariya Gabriel)

Economy

Currency : Bulgarian lev (BGN) (fixed exchange rate : 1€ = 1.9558 BGN)
> GDP : €84 560 million (2022)
> GDP per capita (PPS) : €7 250 (2022)
> GDP Growth : 1.5% (2023)
> Unemployment: 5.3% (August 2023)
> Inflation : 7.7% (August 2023)
> Public Debt: 20.2 % of the GDP (2022)

Geography and population

– Surface Area : 100 910 km² (source : The CIA World Factbook)
– 6.8 million inhabitants (est. 2023)

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