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Bulgaria July 2021 general election

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

There Is Such a People won 65 of 240 seats with 24.1% of the vote. 41.6% 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 : There Is Such a People won 65 of 240 seats with 24.1% of the vote; 41.6% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 7.5 points on 2021.

  • There Is Such a People 65 +14 seats 24.1% +6.4 points
  • GERB 63 −12 seats 23.5% −2.7 points
  • Coalition for Bulgaria / Democratic Left 36 −7 seats 13.4% −1.6 points
  • Democrats for a Strong Bulgaria / Democratic Bulgaria 34 +7 seats 12.6% +3.2 points
  • Movement for Rights and Freedoms 29 −1 seat 10.7% +0.2 points
  • Stand Up.BG! We are coming! 13 −1 seat 5.0% +0.3 points
  • IMRO – Bulgarian National Movement 0 0 seats 3.1% −0.5 points
  • Revival 0 0 seats 3.0% +0.6 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 April 2021 general election, party by party.

121 of 240 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 24.1%

    Share of the vote won by There Is Such a People

    There Is Such a People won 65 of 240 seats. A majority needs 121.

  2. +14 seats

    Seats gained by There Is Such a People

    The largest gain in seats compared with 2021. GERB lost 12 seats.

  3. 41.6%

    Voter turnout

    Down 7.5 points on 2021.

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
There Is Such a People65+1424.1+6.4657,829
GERB63−1223.5−2.7642,165
Coalition for Bulgaria / Democratic Leftwith Alternative for Bulgarian Revival, Bulgarian Socialist Party, Communist Party of Bulgaria and Political Club "Ecoglasnost"36−713.4−1.6365,695
Democrats for a Strong Bulgaria / Democratic Bulgariawith Yes, Bulgaria!34+712.6+3.2345,331
Movement for Rights and Freedoms29−110.7+0.2292,514
Stand Up.BG! We are coming!13−15.0+0.3136,885
IMRO – Bulgarian National Movementwith Volya Movement and National Front for the Salvation of Bulgaria003.1−0.585,795
Revival003.0+0.682,147
Bulgarian National Unification / Bulgarian Summer001.8−1.149,833

± is the change against the Bulgaria April 2021 general election, party by party.

Votes by party
  • There Is Such a People 657,829
  • GERB 642,165
  • Coalition for Bulgaria / Democratic Left 365,695
  • Democrats for a Strong Bulgaria / Democratic Bulgaria 345,331
  • Movement for Rights and Freedoms 292,514
  • Stand Up.BG! We are coming! 136,885
  • IMRO – Bulgarian National Movement 85,795
  • Revival 82,147
  • Bulgarian National Unification / Bulgarian Summer 49,833

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?

41.6% of the 6,668,540 registered voters cast a ballot (2,775,755 ballots), down 7.5 points on 2021. 2,766,426 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?

  • There Is Such a People24.1% of votes27.1% of seats
  • GERB23.5% of votes26.3% of seats
  • Coalition for Bulgaria / Democratic Left13.4% of votes15.0% of seats
  • Democrats for a Strong Bulgaria / Democratic Bulgaria12.6% of votes14.2% of seats
  • Movement for Rights and Freedoms10.7% of votes12.1% of seats
  • Stand Up.BG! We are coming!5.0% of votes5.4% of seats
  • IMRO – Bulgarian National Movement3.1% of votes0.0% of seats
  • Revival3.0% of votes0.0% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 4.8 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 6.1 by votes and 4.9 by seats; There Is Such a People led GERB by 0.6 points of the vote.

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