2005 Bulgarian parliamentary election

none Bulgaria 2001 2009 25 June 2005 All 240 seats in the 40th National Assembly 121 55.76% ( 10.87pp) KB Sergei Stanishev 30.95 48 82 National Movement for Stability and Progress Simeon Sakskoburggotski 19.88 120 53 Movement for Rights and Freedoms Ahmed Dogan 12.81 21 34 Attack (political party) Volen Siderov 8.14 new 21 United Democratic Forces Nadezhda Mihaylova 7.68 51 20 Democrats for a Strong Bulgaria Ivan Kostov 6.44 new 17 BNS Anastasia Mozer 5.19 0 13 orange x200px Results by constituency x165px Vote strength and seat distribution by constituency 2 Prime Minister Simeon Sakskoburggotski NDSV(Sakskoburggotski Government) Sergei Stanishev BSP(Stanishev Government) Parliamentary elections were held in Bulgaria on 25 June 2005, for the 240 members of the National Assembly. According to exit polls, the Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) had a lead with around 31%, but without a majority, necessitating the creation of a coalition. The National Movement for Simeon II, in power before the election, was in second place, with around 21%. Following the election, the BSP leader Sergei Stanishev became prime minister. At least 6,000 candidates from 22 parties ran for election to the 240-member parliament. The turnout of 56% was the lowest on record. 4% of the votes are needed to gain a seat. The opposition led the election, but did not gain an outright majority. Stanishev stated he would attempt to form a governing coalition. Stanishev said in a press conference, "We won the confidence of the people ... We are ready to form a government ... and we will negotiate with any democratic party." In the previous five elections held since 1989, no government was re-elected—each had to implement stringent economic and social reforms since the Fall of Communism and lost popular support as a result. Results #F8F9FA 82 Coalition for Bulgaria 34 Movement for Rights and Freedoms 53 National Movement for Stability and Progress 17 Democrats for a Strong Bulgaria 20 United Democratic Forces 13 Bulgarian People's Union orange 21 Attack (political party) Coalition for Bulgaria 1129196 82 +34 National Movement Simeon II 725314 53 −67 Movement for Rights and Freedoms 467400 34 +13 National Union Attack 296848 21 New United Democratic Forces 280323 20 −31 Democrats for a Strong Bulgaria 234788 17 New Bulgarian People's Union 189268 13 +13 orange New Era (Bulgaria) bg Новото време (партия) New Era 107758 0 New Rose Coalition (BSD–NDPS–Unified Bloc of Labour bg Обединен блок на труда „Български лейбъристи“ OBT) 47410 0 0 Euroroma 45637 0 New Bulgarian Christian Coalition 21064 0 New FAGO 18326 0 New United Party of Pensioners in Bulgaria 12760 0 New Long Live Bulgaria! 12622 0 New Federation of Free Business–Union Bulgaria 12196 0 New Forward Bulgaria 10275 0 New Dignified Bulgaria Coalition 8420 0 New SDN Granite 5923 0 New Chamber of Experts (Bulgaria) bg Камара на експертите Chamber of Experts 3649 0 New Party of Free Democrats 2203 0 New Native Land 2052 0 New NZP Nikola Petkov 1918 0 New Independents 12827 0 0 0 99616 6720941 CIK Aftermath Stanishev Government As no one party received a majority in the Assembly, the BSP was faced with the task of putting together a coalition government. The BSP faced many difficulties when trying to establish a coalition as all of the other political parties that had crossed the 4% threshold in the parliament were to the right of them, meaning compromise would be needed to ensure a workable coalition agreement. The BSP tried to form a coalition of the three largest parties: the BSP, the NDSV, and the DPS. While they gained the support of the DPS, they failed to gain the support of the NDSV. The BSP tried to enter into a two party minority government with DPS as their coalition partner; however, this was rejected by parliament when despite voting for Stanishev to be prime minister in a close 120 to 119 vote, the parliament voted against his proposed cabinet. As per the constitution the mandate to form a government was passed to the next largest political party, NDSV. On August 11, NDSV announced that they had decided to reject the offer due to the "complicated political situation". This then lead to DPS, the third largest party, to receive the mandate to try and form a coalition government. After talks with the leaders of the two largest parties, Ahmed Dogan, the leader of DPS, was able to form a coalition agreement between the BSP, NDSV, and his own DPS. Stanishev, leader of the BSP was elected prime minister and the coalition held 169 seats in the 240 seat parliament.Bulgaria Approves Three-Way Govt, Stanishev is PM http://www.novinite.com/articles/51294/Bulgaria+Approves+Three-Way+Govt%2C+Stanishev+is+PM Novinite.com Sofia News Agency 6 June 2014http://www.balkanalysis.com/blog/2005/08/14/bargaining-in-bulgaria-the-aftermath-of-the-june-2005-parliamentary-elections/ Bargaining in Bulgaria: The Aftermath of the June 2005 Parliamentary Elections - Balkanalysis 2013-01-19 2013-01-20 https://web.archive.org/web/20130120142505/http://www.balkanalysis.com/blog/2005/08/14/bargaining-in-bulgaria-the-aftermath-of-the-june-2005-parliamentary-elections/ dead References External links Elections held in Bulgaria Europe and the Parliamentary Elections in Bulgaria, 25 June 2005 European Parties Elections and Referendums Network Category:Parliamentary elections in Bulgaria Bulgaria Parliamentary