1997 Bulgarian parliamentary election

none Bulgaria 1994 2001 19 April 1997 All 240 seats in the National Assembly 121 58.87% United Democratic Forces Ivan Kostov 52.26 69 137 Coalition for Bulgaria Georgi Parvanov 22.07 125 58 Movement for Rights and Freedoms Ahmed Dogan 7.60 15 19 Bulgarian Euro-Left Aleksandar Tomov 5.50 new 14 Bulgarian Business Bloc George Ganchev 4.93 13 12 1997 Bulgarian parliamentary election.png Results by constituency Prime Minister Stefan Sofiyanski SDS(Sofiyanski Government) Ivan Kostov ODS(Kostov Government) Parliamentary elections were held in Bulgaria on 19 April 1997.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p. 369 978-3-8329-5609-7 The result was a victory for the United Democratic Forces (an alliance of the Union of Democratic Forces (SDS), the Democratic Party, the Bulgarian Agrarian National Union-Nikola Petkov and the Bulgarian Social Democratic Party),Nohlen & Stöver, p372 which won 137 of the 240 seats. Following the election, SDS leader Ivan Kostov became prime minister.Bulgaria: Elections held in 1997 Inter-Parliamentary Union This was the last time an election has produced an outright majority in the National Assembly until 2026. Results File:Bulgaria National Assembly 1997 v2.svg United Democratic Forces 2223714 137 +68 Democratic Left 939308 58 −67 Union for National Salvation (Bulgaria) bg Обединение за национално спасение Union for National Salvation (DPS–ZP–BZNS(NP)–PDC Party of the Democratic Centre–NI New Choice–FCB Federation "Kingdom of Bulgaria") 323429 19 +4 Bulgarian Euro-Left 234058 14 New pink Bulgarian Business Bloc 209796 12 −1 Communist Party of Bulgaria 50864 0 0 Alliance for the Tsar 46765 0 New Bulgarian Christian Coalition 26614 0 New Democratic Party of Justice 20433 0 0 Party of Bulgarian Women 16061 0 New Liberal Forum 13638 0 New Crowned Democracy 11747 0 0 Bulgarian Workers' Socialist Party 10152 0 New Bulgarian Agrarian National Union–Centre 10062 0 New Democratic Alternative for the Republic 9664 0 0 Bulgarian Party of Liberals 7281 0 New Bulgarian National-Radical Party 7099 0 0 Bulgarian National Democratic Party 6875 0 New Popular Patriotic Left Front 6795 0 New Bulgarian Workers-Agrarian Party 6754 0 0 Union for Democratic Development 6377 0 New Christian Democratic Union 5912 0 0 Forward Bulgaria Coalition 5886 0 0 Free Cooperative Party 5534 0 0 Democratic League 4386 0 New New Democracy 3720 0 New Transfiguration Forum 3654 0 0 Bulgarian Democratic Party for European and World States 3614 0 0 Bulgarian National Ecological Party – Veliko Turnovo 3437 0 New Bulgarian Green Federation 3347 0 New Bulgarian Revolutionary Youth Party 2446 0 0 Bulgarian National Movement for the Eternal Path 2438 0 New Bulgarian Fatherland Party – National Union 2301 0 0 Front of Progressive Forces in Bulgaria 1135 0 0 Alliance of the Nation – Movement of the Downtrodden 670 0 0 Independents 19335 0 0 35956 0 7289956 Nohlen & Stöver, University of Essex Aftermath Following the elections, Ivan Kostov formed the Kostov Government. References Bulgaria Parliamentary Category:Parliamentary elections in Bulgaria Bulgaria