2014 European Parliament election in Bulgaria

none October 2017 October 2017 2014 European Parliament election in Bulgaria Bulgaria parliamentary no 2009 European Parliament election in Bulgaria 2009 2019 European Parliament election in Bulgaria 2019 All 17 Bulgarian seats to the European Parliament 25 May 2014 35.84% http://www.europarl.europa.eu/elections2014-results/en/country-results-bg-2014.html Results of the 2014 European elections - Results by country - Bulgaria - European Parliament Tomislav Donchev 2017-11-20 (cropped).jpg 120 110 150 0 0 Tomislav Donchev GERB GERB EPP 5 seats, 24.36% 6 1 6.04 680,838 30.40% Sergey Stanishev 2009 elections diff crop.jpg 120 110 150 0 0 Sergei Stanishev Bulgarian Socialist Party Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats 4 seats, 18.50% 4 0.44 424,037 18.93% Filiz Hyusmenova MEP.jpg 120 110 150 0 0 Filiz Hyusmenova Movement for Rights and Freedoms Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Group 3 seats, 14.14% 4 1 3.12 386,725 17.26% Nikolay Barekov 20171031.jpg 120 110 150 0 7 VMRO – Bulgarian National Movement Nikolay Barekov BBT—VMRO European Conservatives and Reformists Group — 2 New 2 238,629 10.66% Meglena Kuneva 2013.jpg 120 110 150 0 0 Meglena Kuneva Reformist Bloc EPP 1 seat, 7.95% 1 1.50 1 144,532 6.45% Volen Siderov Flickr.jpg 120 110 150 0 0 Volen Siderov Attack Non-Inscrits 2 seats, 11.96% 0 9.00 2 66,210 2.96% An election of the Members of the European Parliament from Bulgaria to the European Parliament was held on 25 May 20142014 European elections: national rules http://www.europarl.europa.eu/eplibrary/InfoGraphic-2014-European-elections-national-rules.pdf InfoGraphic European Parliamentary Research Service 24 February 2014 7 March 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140307224342/http://www.europarl.europa.eu/eplibrary/InfoGraphic-2014-European-elections-national-rules.pdf dead as part of the larger European Parliament election. After a decision by the European Council in 2013, Bulgaria was allocated 17 seats in the European Parliament for the Eighth European Parliament.Bulgaria http://www.elections2014.eu/en/in-the-member-states/Bulgaria European Parliament Online European Parliament 24 February 2014 2 March 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140302134708/http://www.elections2014.eu/en/in-the-member-states/Bulgaria dead The election campaign officially began on 25 April 2014, one month before the election day.Bulgarian President Calls for Clean Election Campaign http://www.novinite.com/articles/160094/Bulgarian+President+Calls+for+Clean+Election+Campaign Novinite.com Sofia News Agency 25 May 2014 Background The elections come a year after the 2013 parliamentary elections in Bulgaria that resulted in a minority parliament. Since the election winner, GERB, failed to form a government the Socialists and the DPS formed a coalition government led by Plamen Oresharski. The European elections of 2014 are considered to be of importance as they will reflect the popularity of the current government. Changes in electoral law In February 2014 Bulgarian MPs voted to lower the preferential-vote threshold for the election from 6% to 5% of each list's total votes.Bulgarian MPs Agree on 5% Preferential-Vote Threshold for EP Elections http://www.novinite.com/articles/158399/Bulgarian+MPs+Agree+On+5+Preferential-Vote+Threshold+for+EP+Elections Novinite.com Sofia News Agency 24 February 2014 Implicit electoral threshold still remains equal to the Hare Quota, which is about 5.88% of the total valid votes.The 2009 European Parliament Elections: from Votes to Seats in 27 Ways http://ispo.fss.muni.cz/uploads/EVS/010/EVS2_2010_4.pdf 15 March 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20130915234520/http://ispo.fss.muni.cz/uploads/EVS/010/EVS2_2010_4.pdf 15 September 2013 dead Opinion polls Polls include Bulgarian parliamentary election polls if European parliamentary election polling numbers are unavailable. Pre election campaign Pre election campaign polls Source Date GERB BSP DPS Attack Reformist Bloc BBT NFSB ABV Others Total Sova Haris 21 July 2013 16.9% 19.3% 7.8% 2.3% 3.9% – 2.3% – 1.8% 54.3% Alpha Research 27 August 2013 15.6% 18.4% 5.8% 1.5% 7.6% – 3.1% – 21.6% 73.6% Alpha Research 25 September 2013 15.6% 17.9% 5.8% 1.5% 7.6% – 3.1% – 21.6% 73.6% Institute for Modern Politics 28 September 2013 16.6% 18.5% 5.8% 1.4% 5.6% – 1.9% – 16.5% 66.3% Afis 29 September 2013 19.9% 21.2% 6.5% 2.5% 3.3% – 2.8% – 7.8% 64.0% Sova Haris 24 October 2013 19.5% 21.7% 5.3% 2.0% 3.8% 2.4% 1.9% – 0.7% 57.3% Alpha Research 31 October 2013 16.5% 16.9% 6.1% 3.0% 6.4% – 2.6% – 8.2% 59.7% Institute for Modern Politics 10 November 2013 26.2% 26.2% 8.1% 1.3% 8.2% 6.1% 1.9% – – 78.0% Mediana 18 November 2013 16.9% 22.8% 7.6% 2.8% 8.6% 4.3% 2.9% – 2.9% 68.8% Gallup 19 November 2013 18.1% 21.4% 5.9% 2.4% 6.7% – – – – 54.5% Sova Haris 4 December 2013 16.3% 21.3% 5.5% 2.7% 4.3% 3.0% 1.3% – 1.2% 55.6% Alpha Research 8 December 2013 15.8% 16.5% 6.1% 2.7% 6.9% – 3.5% – 9.7% 61.2% AFIS 12 December 2013 18% 22% 5% 2% 5% 3% 1% – 10% 66% Focus 13 December 2013 23.5% 22.3% 5.5% 2.7% 5.8% 3% 3% – – 65.8% Institute for Modern Politics 17 December 2013 21.0% 21.2% 4.8% 1.9% 4.8% 5.0% 1.9% – – 60.6% Gallup 18 December 2013 18.0% 22.8% 6.1% 1.8% 4.8% 2.1% 1.6% – 3.5% 60.7% Sova Haris 15 January 2014 18.4% 19.5% 6.8% 2.3% 4.2% 3.0% 1.5% – 0.8% 56.5% Gallup 16 January 2014 18.1% 21.6% 5.8% 1.5% 4.8% 2.5% 2.1% – 3.5% 59.9% Alpha Research 22 January 2014 17.8% 15.0% 6.0% 2.5% 5.2% 2.6% 3.1% 7.0% 3.2% 62.4% Modern Institute for Politics 31 January 2014 19.8% 20.5% 4.3% 1.6% 4.5% 5.6% 1.5% 1.0% 4.0% 62.8%Medina 7 February 2014 19.3% 24.8% 9.5% <2.8% 6.4% 7.1% 3.3% 1.9% - 72.3% Gallup 10 February 2014 17.7% 18.9% 6.7% 1.6% 4.6% 6.1% 1.3% 6.0% 3.4% 66.3% Focus 11 February 2014 21.7% 19.2 6.0% 1.8% 5.6% 6.0% 3.0% 6.0% 5.1% 74.4% Alpha Research 22 February 2014 16.9% 15.1% 6.9% 2.1% 5.0% 5.5% 3.2% 6.1% 5.8% 66.6% Metapolls 28 February 2014 25.4% 22.7% 10.4% 3.2% 7.5% 8.3% 4.8% 9.2% 8.7% 100% Gallup 13 March 2014 20.7% 19.5% 6.0% 2.5% 3.1% 5.0% 1.9% 3.2% 8.6% 70.5% Metapolls 13 March 2014 29.4% 27.7% 8.7% 3.5% – 7.1% – 4.5% 19.3% 100% Alpha Research 24 March 2014 17.4% 15.2% 6.5% 2.0% 5.1% 5.2% 3.6% 4.0% 5.5% 64.5% Sova Haris 25 March 2014 20.6% 21.9% 7.0% 2.2% 2.8% 6.6% 0.9% 2.4% 0.6% 65.0% Gallup https://web.archive.org/web/20140411205854/http://www.trud.bg/Article.asp?ArticleId=4014561 11 April 2014 3 April 2014 20.9% 20.0% 6.4% 2.2% 2.1% 5.3% 2.4% 3.5% 8.1% 70.9% Medina 5 April 2014 19.6% 21.9% 8.8% 2.5% 3.8% 7.0% 4.0% 3.7% – 71.3% Afis 7 April 2014 21.0% 23.0% 5.1% 3.5% 2.9% 5.7% 1.8% 4.4% – 67.4% Ekzakta 10 April 2014 22.5% 18.9% 6.0% – 5.2% 5.3% 3.4% 5.0% – 66.3% Institute for Modern Politics 12 April 2014 21.8% 21.0% 5.1% 4.1% 2.7% 7.3% 1.2% 3.1% 1.7% 68.0% Source Date GERB BSP DPS Attack Reformist Bloc BBT NFSB ABV Others Total Election campaign Source Date GERB BSP DPS Attack Reformist Bloc BBT NFSB ABV Others Total Institute for Modern Politics 26 April 2014 17.6% 15.9% 6.2% 2.5% 4.5% 4.9% 3.0% 4.5% 7.0% 66.1% Sova Haris 28 April 2014 17.0% 19.2% 6.2% 2.3% 4.1% 5.5% 1.4% 2.3% 0.3% 58.3% Center for Analysis and Marketing 30 April 2014 14.8% 13.3% 6.8% 1.7% 3.0% 2.7% 2.1% 0.7% – 45.1% Mediana 13 May 2014 17.1% 20.5% 7.3% 3.5% 4.3% 9.8% 3.6% 2.9% – 69.0% Institute for Modern Politics 13 May 2014 19.3% 20.5% 7.0% 4.5% 2.5% 7.5% 1.4% 3.5% 2.6% 68.8% Exacta Research 19 May 2014 28.5% 24.0% 11.3% 4.1% 6.2% 11.1% 3.8% 5.8% – 94.8% Alpha Research 20 May 2014 27.3% 23.6% 13.4% 4.1% 5.9% 10.5% 3.9% 5.3% – 94.0% Source Date GERB BSP DPS Attack Reformist Bloc BBT NFSB ABV Others Total Exit polls Source Date GERB BSP DPS Attack Reformist Bloc BBT NFSB ABV Others Total Mediana 25 May 2014 27.9% 20.2% 14.5% – 7.3% 11.6% – – – 81.5% Alpha Research 25 May 2014 28.4% 21.6% 15.5% – 6.8% 9.9% – – – 82.2% Gallup International 25 May 2014 28.6% 19.8% 14.9% – 6.4% 11.1% – – – 80.8% Results GERB 680838 6 +1 Coalition for Bulgaria 424037 4 0 Movement for Rights and Freedoms 386725 4 +1 Bulgaria Uncensored 238629 2 New Bulgaria Without Censorship Reformist Bloc 144532 1 0 Alternative for Bulgarian Revival 90061 0 New National Front for the Salvation of Bulgaria 68376 0 New Attack 66210 0 –2 People's Voice 22440 0 New Coalition KOD (OB–NDSV–SDP) 20487 0 –2 The Greens 12547 0 0 Bulgarian Left 11014 0 New Blue Unity 10786 0 New Bulgarian Communist Party 9318 0 New Green Party 7989 0 New BASTA 7330 0 New Party of Greens 5218 0 New Union of Communists in Bulgaria 3217 0 New Bulgarian National-Patriotic Party 3000 0 New Christian Democratic Party 2964 0 New Nationalist Parties of Bulgaria (Svoboda–Libertas Bulgaria) 2499 0 New Independents 21213 0 0 122536 0 6599599 CIK Elected MEPs List of members of the European Parliament for Bulgaria, 2014–19 The following 17 MEP were elected:The New 17 Bulgarian Members of the European Parliament http://www.novinite.com/articles/161032/The+New+17+Bulgarian+Members+of+the+European+Parliament Novinite.com Sofia News Agency 3 June 2014 European People's Party–European Democrats – 7 seats: GERB – 6 seats Tomislav Donchev (former Minister of European Funding management) Andrey Kovatchev (second term as MEP) Maria Gabriel (second term as MEP) Vladimir Uruchev (third term as MEP) Eva Paunova Emil Radev RB Reformist Bloc – 1 seat Svetoslav Malinov (second term as MEP) (according to preliminary info a majority of the voters have expressed their preference for the second candidate in the list – Malinov. Confirmed by the Central Electoral Commission)Последни данни от ЦИК: ГЕРБ – 30.41%, Светослав Малинов ще е евродепутат http://www.dnevnik.bg/bulgaria/2014/05/26/2308373_posledni_danni_ot_cik_gerb_-_3041_svetoslav_malinov/ dnevnik.bg Associated Press and Reuters 25 April 2015 26 May 2014 Party of European Socialists – 4 seats: BSP Bulgarian Socialist Party – 4 seats Momchil Nekov (Candidate No. 15 on the party list, but finished in first place after a surprising preference voting victory) Sergei Stanishev Iliana Yotova (third term as MEP) Georgi Pirinski Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe – 4 seats: DPS Movement for Rights and Freedoms – 4 seats: Filiz Husmenova (third term as MEP) Nedjmi Ali Ilhan Kyuchuk Iskra Mihaylova (incumbent Minister of Environment and Water Resources, instead of Delyan Peevski) Declined: Delyan Peevski (steps down, turns over his seat to the fifth on the list)DPS's Delyan Peevski Gives up MEP Position http://www.novinite.com/articles/160834/DPS%E2%80%99s+Delyan+Peevski+Gives+up+MEP+Position https://web.archive.org/web/20140526031859/http://www.novinite.com/articles/160834/DPS%E2%80%99s+Delyan+Peevski+Gives+up+MEP+Position dead 26 May 2014 Novinite.com Sofia News Agency 26 May 2014 European Conservatives and ReformistsMEPs Barekov, Dzhambazki to Join ECR Group in European Parliament http://www.novinite.com/articles/161066/MEPs+Barekov%2C+Dzhambazki+to+Join+ECR+Group+in+European+Parliament Novinite.com Sofia News Agency 7 June 2014 – 2 seats BBT Bulgaria Without Censorship (Electoral Alliance) – 2 seats Nikolay Barekov (Bulgaria Without Censorship) Angel Dzhambazki (IMRO – Bulgarian National Movement) Media expenses According to a survey taken by the NGO Institute for Public Environment Development, the following table represents the media campaign expenses of the main parties:'Bulgaria without Censorship' Party Had Costliest Media Campaign http://www.novinite.com/articles/160992/%27Bulgaria+without+Censorship%27+Party+Had+Costliest+Media+Campaign Novinite.com Soifa News Agency 1 June 2014 PartySpending (BGN)Spending per seatBulgaria Without Censorship1,085,655542,827.50Bulgarian Socialist Party740,000185,000Attack648,000Did not win any seatsReformist Bloc360,000360,000Movement for Rights and Freedoms294,50073,625Alternative for Bulgarian Revival229,318Did not win any seatsGERB133,27122,211.80 Note: Campaign expenses were capped at BGN 2 million. See also 2007 European Parliament election in Bulgaria 2009 European Parliament election in Bulgaria 2014 European Parliament election European Parliament elections, Bulgaria References Bulgaria Category:European Parliament elections in Bulgaria Category:2014 elections in Bulgaria