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Bulgaria 2014 general election

What was the result of the 2014 general election in Bulgaria?

GERB won 84 of 240 seats with 32.7% of the vote. 51.1% of registered voters cast a ballot.

  • Bulgaria
  • Held:
  • Final result
  • ParlGov, read 5 October 2026

Which party won the most seats?

Final results from ParlGov, read : GERB won 84 of 240 seats with 32.7% of the vote; 51.1% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 1.4 points on 2013.

  • GERB 84 −13 seats 32.7% +2.1 points
  • Coalition for Bulgaria / Democratic Left 39 −45 seats 15.4% −11.2 points
  • Movement for Rights and Freedoms 38 +2 seats 14.8% +3.5 points
  • Reformist Bloc 23 8.9%
  • National Front for the Salvation of Bulgaria 19 +19 seats 7.3% +3.6 points
  • Bulgaria Without Censorship 15 5.7%
  • Attack 11 −12 seats 4.5% −2.8 points
  • Alternative for Bulgarian Revival 11 4.2%
  • 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 2013 general election, party by party.

121 of 240 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 32.7%

    Share of the vote won by GERB

    GERB won 84 of 240 seats. A majority needs 121.

  2. +2 seats

    Seats gained by Movement for Rights and Freedoms

    The largest gain in seats compared with 2013. GERB lost 13 seats.

  3. 51.1%

    Voter turnout

    Down 1.4 points on 2013.

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
GERB84−1332.7+2.11,072,491
Coalition for Bulgaria / Democratic Leftwith Bulgarian Socialist Party, Party of Bulgarian Social Democrats, Agrarian Union "Aleksandar Stamboliyski", Communist Party of Bulgaria and Political...39−4515.4−11.2505,527
Movement for Rights and Freedoms38+214.8+3.5487,134
Reformist Blocwith Democrats for a Strong Bulgaria / Democratic Bulgaria, Bulgaria for Citizens Movement, Union of Democratic Forces and Agrarian People's Union238.9291,806
National Front for the Salvation of Bulgariawith IMRO – Bulgarian National Movement19+197.3+3.6239,101
Bulgaria Without Censorship155.7186,938
Attack11−124.5−2.8148,262
Alternative for Bulgarian Revival114.2136,223
Movement 2101.239,221
People's Voice001.1−0.237,335

± is the change against the Bulgaria 2013 general election, party by party.

Votes by party
  • GERB 1,072,491
  • Coalition for Bulgaria / Democratic Left 505,527
  • Movement for Rights and Freedoms 487,134
  • Reformist Bloc 291,806
  • National Front for the Salvation of Bulgaria 239,101
  • Bulgaria Without Censorship 186,938
  • Attack 148,262
  • Alternative for Bulgarian Revival 136,223
  • Movement 21 39,221
  • People's Voice 37,335

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?

51.1% of the 6,858,304 registered voters cast a ballot (3,501,269 ballots), down 1.4 points on 2013. 3,283,192 of them were valid votes. The lowest turnout of this kind in our data, which begins in 1991.

How do the votes compare with the seats?

  • GERB32.7% of votes35.0% of seats
  • Coalition for Bulgaria / Democratic Left15.4% of votes16.3% of seats
  • Movement for Rights and Freedoms14.8% of votes15.8% of seats
  • Reformist Bloc8.9% of votes9.6% of seats
  • National Front for the Salvation of Bulgaria7.3% of votes7.9% of seats
  • Bulgaria Without Censorship5.7% of votes6.3% of seats
  • Attack4.5% of votes4.6% of seats
  • Alternative for Bulgarian Revival4.2% of votes4.6% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 2.4 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 5.8 by votes and 5.1 by seats; GERB led Coalition for Bulgaria / Democratic Left by 17.3 points of the vote.

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