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Bulgaria 2009 general election

What was the result of the 2009 general election in Bulgaria?

GERB won 116 of 240 seats with 39.7% of the vote. 60.9% of registered voters cast a ballot.

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  • Final result
  • ParlGov, read 5 October 2026

Which party won the most seats?

Final results from ParlGov, read : GERB won 116 of 240 seats with 39.7% of the vote; 60.9% of registered voters cast a ballot, up 5.2 points on 2005.

  • GERB 116 39.7%
  • Coalition for Bulgaria / Democratic Left 40 −42 seats 17.7% −13.3 points
  • Movement for Rights and Freedoms 38 +4 seats 14.4% +1.6 points
  • Attack 21 0 seats 9.4% +1.2 points
  • Blue Coalition 15 6.8%
  • Order, Law and Justice 10 4.1%
  • Lider 0 3.3%
  • National Movement Simeon II 0 −53 seats 3.0% −16.9 points
  • Seats won
  • Change on the previous election at the right
  • Share of the vote
  • Share at the previous election
  • Change in points at the right

Changes are against the Bulgaria 2005 general election, party by party.

121 of 240 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 39.7%

    Share of the vote won by GERB

    GERB won 116 of 240 seats. A majority needs 121.

  2. +4 seats

    Seats gained by Movement for Rights and Freedoms

    The largest gain in seats compared with 2005. National Movement Simeon II lost 53 seats.

  3. 60.9%

    Voter turnout

    Up 5.2 points on 2005.

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
GERB11639.71,678,641
Coalition for Bulgaria / Democratic Leftwith Bulgarian Socialist Party, Communist Party of Bulgaria, Party of Bulgarian Social Democrats and Agrarian Union "Aleksandar Stamboliyski"40−4217.7−13.3748,147
Movement for Rights and Freedoms38+414.4+1.6610,521
Attack2109.4+1.2395,733
Blue Coalitionwith Union of Democratic Forces, Democrats for a Strong Bulgaria / Democratic Bulgaria and Agrarian People's Union156.8285,662
Order, Law and Justicewith IMRO – Bulgarian National Movement104.1174,582
Lider03.3137,795
National Movement Simeon II0−533.0−16.9127,470

± is the change against the Bulgaria 2005 general election, party by party.

Votes by party
  • GERB 1,678,641
  • Coalition for Bulgaria / Democratic Left 748,147
  • Movement for Rights and Freedoms 610,521
  • Attack 395,733
  • Blue Coalition 285,662
  • Order, Law and Justice 174,582
  • Lider 137,795
  • National Movement Simeon II 127,470

ParlGov lists parties with at least 1 percent of the vote or 2 seats, so the rows do not add up to the valid votes.

ParlGov counts an alliance's votes and seats under its first party: such a row names the allies it counts.

How many people voted?

60.9% of the 7,129,965 registered voters cast a ballot (4,345,450 ballots), up 5.2 points on 2005. 4,226,194 of them were valid votes.

How do the votes compare with the seats?

  • GERB39.7% of votes48.3% of seats
  • Coalition for Bulgaria / Democratic Left17.7% of votes16.7% of seats
  • Movement for Rights and Freedoms14.4% of votes15.8% of seats
  • Attack9.4% of votes8.8% of seats
  • Blue Coalition6.8% of votes6.3% of seats
  • Order, Law and Justice4.1% of votes4.2% of seats
  • Lider3.3% of votes0.0% of seats
  • National Movement Simeon II3.0% of votes0.0% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 7.0 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 4.4 by votes and 3.3 by seats; GERB led Coalition for Bulgaria / Democratic Left by 22.0 points of the vote.

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