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Bulgaria April 2021 general election

What was the result of the April 2021 general election in Bulgaria?

GERB won 75 of 240 seats with 26.2% of the vote. 49.1% 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 75 of 240 seats with 26.2% of the vote; 49.1% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 3.5 points on 2017.

  • GERB 75 −20 seats 26.2% −7.4 points
  • There Is Such a People 51 17.7%
  • Coalition for Bulgaria / Democratic Left 43 −37 seats 15.0% −12.9 points
  • Movement for Rights and Freedoms 30 +4 seats 10.5% +1.3 points
  • Democrats for a Strong Bulgaria / Democratic Bulgaria 27 +27 seats 9.4% +6.9 points
  • Stand Up.BG! We are coming! 14 4.7%
  • IMRO – Bulgarian National Movement 0 3.6%
  • Bulgarian National Unification / Bulgarian Summer 0 3.0%
  • 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 2017 general election, party by party.

121 of 240 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 26.2%

    Share of the vote won by GERB

    GERB won 75 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 2017. GERB lost 20 seats.

  3. 49.1%

    Voter turnout

    Down 3.5 points on 2017.

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
GERB75−2026.2−7.4837,707
There Is Such a People5117.7565,014
Coalition for Bulgaria / Democratic Leftwith Agrarian Union "Aleksandar Stamboliyski", Bulgarian Socialist Party, Communist Party of Bulgaria and Political Club "Ecoglasnost"43−3715.0−12.9480,146
Movement for Rights and Freedoms30+410.5+1.3336,306
Democrats for a Strong Bulgaria / Democratic Bulgariawith Yes, Bulgaria!27+279.4+6.9302,280
Stand Up.BG! We are coming!144.7150,940
IMRO – Bulgarian National Movement03.6116,434
Bulgarian National Unification / Bulgarian Summer03.094,515
Revival002.5+1.378,414
National Front for the Salvation of Bulgariawith Volya Movement0−272.4−6.975,926
Republicans for Bulgaria01.342,057

± is the change against the Bulgaria 2017 general election, party by party.

Votes by party
  • GERB 837,707
  • There Is Such a People 565,014
  • Coalition for Bulgaria / Democratic Left 480,146
  • Movement for Rights and Freedoms 336,306
  • Democrats for a Strong Bulgaria / Democratic Bulgaria 302,280
  • Stand Up.BG! We are coming! 150,940
  • IMRO – Bulgarian National Movement 116,434
  • Bulgarian National Unification / Bulgarian Summer 94,515
  • Revival 78,414
  • National Front for the Salvation of Bulgaria 75,926
  • Republicans for Bulgaria 42,057

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?

49.1% of the 6,789,605 registered voters cast a ballot (3,334,233 ballots), down 3.5 points on 2017. 3,247,754 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?

  • GERB26.2% of votes31.3% of seats
  • There Is Such a People17.7% of votes21.3% of seats
  • Coalition for Bulgaria / Democratic Left15.0% of votes17.9% of seats
  • Movement for Rights and Freedoms10.5% of votes12.5% of seats
  • Democrats for a Strong Bulgaria / Democratic Bulgaria9.4% of votes11.3% of seats
  • Stand Up.BG! We are coming!4.7% of votes5.8% of seats
  • IMRO – Bulgarian National Movement3.6% of votes0.0% of seats
  • Bulgarian National Unification / Bulgarian Summer3.0% of votes0.0% of seats
  • Revival2.5% of votes0.0% of seats
  • National Front for the Salvation of Bulgaria2.4% of votes0.0% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 6.7 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 6.8 by votes and 4.8 by seats; GERB led There Is Such a People by 8.5 points of the vote.

Time and source Data as of