2019 European Parliament election in Bulgaria

Main article: 2019 European Parliament election

The election of the 5th delegation from Bulgaria to the European Parliament was held on 26 May 2019.^[1][2] All seats were up for election. The country forms a single constituency, with members elected by proportional representation using open lists.

2019 European Parliament election in Bulgaria

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All 17 Bulgarian seats in the European Parliament
Turnout	32.64%
First party Second party Third party   Leader Mariya Gabriel Elena Yoncheva Mustafa Karadayi Party GERB—SDS BSP DPS Alliance EPP S&D ALDE Last election 30.40% 18.93% 17.27% Seats before 6 seats 4 seats 4 seats Seats won 6 5 3 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 607,194 474,160 323,510 Percentage 31.07% 24.26% 16.55% Swing 0.67 5.33 0.72   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Angel Dzhambazki Radan Kanev Veselin Mareshki Party VMRO DB Volya Alliance ECR EPP ID Last election 10.66% 6.45% — Seats before 2 seats 1 seats — Seats won 2 1 0 Seat change 1 Popular vote 143,830 118,484 70,830 Percentage 7.36% 6.06% 3.62% Swing 3.30 0.39 New

Outgoing delegation

Main article: List of members of the European Parliament for Bulgaria, 2014–19

Bulgarian parties in the European Parliament in the eighth legislature (2014–2019)

Group	17	National party	17
EPP	7	GERB	6
		Democrats for a Strong Bulgaria (DSB)	1
PES	4	Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP)	4
ALDE	4	Movement for Rights and Freedoms (DPS)	4
ECR	2	Bulgaria Without Censorship	1
		IMRO – BNM (VMRO)	1

Opinion polls

Vote share

The opinion poll results below were recalculated from the original data and exclude polls that chose "I will not vote" or "I am uncertain" options.

Fieldwork date	Polling firm	Sample size	GERB SDS	BSP	DPS	VMRO	NFSB	Attack	ABV	DB	Volya	Others	NOTA	Lead
25 May 2014	2014 EU Election		30.4[a]	18.9[b]	17.3	10.7[c]	3.1	3.0	4.0	—	—	12.7	–	11.5
26 March 2017	2017 Election		32.7[a]	27.2[d]	9.0	9.1			1.6[e]	5.4[f]	4.2	8.3	2.5	5.5
20–25 Jul 2018	Barometer	846	36.1	29.4	15.3	17.4			–	–	–	1.8	–	6.8
2-7 Nov 2018	AFIS	1010	30.2	32.2	12.0	4.6			–	–	2.3	9.2	9.5	2.0
10-17 Dec 2018	Exacta	1000	35.8	31.7	7.8	5.8			1.5	3.8	1.5	12.2	–	4.1
14-19 Dec 2018	Alpha Research	1027	33.2	30.9	10.6	6.0			–	5.6	3.9	9.8	–	2.3
10-17 Jan 2019	Trend	1008	33.3	31.1	12.6	6.4			–	3.6	2.9	10.1	–	2.2
12-21 Jan 2019	Market Links	1007	37.8	27.1	10.0	8.5			–	6.5	1.3	8.7	–	10.7
14-19 Jan 2019	AFIS	1010	32.9	34.6	11.0	4.7			–	1.4	1.4	6.0	8.0	1.7
17-21 Jan 2019	Sova Harris	985	37.7[g]	32.6	9.4	1.2	1.4	3.0	1.4	3.2[f]	2.9	7.1	–	5.0
26 Jan-1 Feb 2019	Mediana	810	35.0[g]	33.0	4.9	10.6			3.0	2.8	3.2	7.1	–	2.0
5-13 Feb 2019	Trend	1007	33.6	31.2	11.7	6.8			–	4.1	2.7	3.2	6.6	2.4
15-25 Feb 2019	Market Links	1018	37.3	32.8	7.3	4.6			–	7.3	1.5	9.2	–	4.5
19-28 Feb 2019	Exacta	1000	35.1[g]	29.0	10.3	9.6			1.5	3.7	1.5	9.3	–	6.1
22-28 Feb 2019	AFIS	1010	31.1	36.9	12.8	7.2			–	1.6	–	4.2	4.5	5.8
6-11 Mar 2019	Sova Harris	1000	38.2[g]	30.6	11.5	3.0	1.3	3.0	1.3	3.2	3.3	1.3	3.5	7.6
6-13 Mar 2019	Trend	1005	33.6	30.4	12.1	4.4	1.7	2.3	–	4.4	3.2	3.0	4.9	3.2
22-26 Mar 2019	Alpha Research	1011	33.9	33.4	10.6	4.1	2.2	2.1	1.2	5.1	1.9	5.5	–	0.5
4-9 Apr 2019	Mediana	1001	31.5	32.1	9.5	4.4	2.1	3.8	3.1	2.9	4.9	5.8	–	0.6
5-11 Apr 2019	Gallup International	1015	31.0	32.1	11.1	5.0	1.4	1.9	1.5	4.5	3.5	5.8	2.2	1.1
5-12 Apr 2019	Trend	1008	30.5	31.3	12.7	5.5	1.3	2.0	1.3	4.3	3.6	3.1	4.4	0.8
12-22 Apr 2019	Market Links	1049	35.3	35.8	7.0	5.7	–	–	–	5.3	1.9	8.8	–	0.5
16-22 Apr 2019	Sova Harris	995	36.1	35.0	11.4	4.0	–	3.0	1.3	2.1	4.0	3.0	–	1.1
26 Apr 2019	Start of official election campaign
20-30 Apr 2019	Alpha Research	1015	32.2	32.7	9.3	6.0	1.7	1.2	1.2	4.5	1.7	7.3	2.2	0.5
29 Apr-4 May 2019	Specter	834	32.5	33.2	8.5	4.2	4.0	1.2	2.7	4.2	1.9	4.5	3.1	0.7
2-7 May 2019	Mediana	1008	29.9	31.9	10.7	4.7	3.9	2.6	3.8	3.4	4.9	4.2	–	2.0
7-14 May 2019	Specter	993	33.0	33.4	8.7	4.1	4.1	1.3	3.5	4.1	1.7	3.3	2.7	0.4
8–13 May 2019	Sova Harris	1000	34.4	33.5	13.7	4.4	–	3.8	1.5	2.1	4.7	1.9	–	0.9
10-15 May 2019	AFIS Archived 2019-05-23 at the Wayback Machine	1604	24.5	25.7	13.2	4.4	1.6	2.6	3.2	2.5	5.5	6.7	8.7	1.2
11–17 May 2019	Trend	1007	31.5	30.4	12.8	5.8	1.3	2.0	2.4	4.2	4.8	2.5	2.3	1.1
11–19 May 2019	Market Links	1024	33.8	31.4	7.9	6.5	2.4	–	1.4	5.4	3.3	7.9	–	2.4
17–21 May 2019	Mediana	1008	31.1	29.8	11.4	5.6	2.6	3.5	3.6	2.6	5.1	4.7		1.3
18–22 May 2019	Exacta	1000	32.4	27.3	13.3	6.5	2.0	2.0	1.8	4.3	4.5	5.9	–	5.1
19–22 May 2019	Alpha Research	1016	31.1	26.6	13.9	6.0	2.0	2.0	3.2	4.2	4.9	6.1	–	4.5
26 May 2019	Election results		30.1	23.5	16.1	7.1	1.1	1.0	0.8	5.9	3.5	7.8	3.0	6.6

1. Results for GERB only; SDS appeared separately in 2014 and 2017 as part of the Reformist Bloc.
2. As part of Coalition for Bulgaria.
3. As part of a coalition between Bulgaria Without Censorship, VMRO and several smaller parties.
4. As part of BSP for Bulgaria.
5. As ABV-Movement 21
6. Combined results for DSB and DaB
7. Combined results for GERB and SDS

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	GERB—SDS	607,194	30.13	6	0
	Bulgarian Socialist Party	474,160	23.53	5	+1
	Movement for Rights and Freedoms	323,510	16.05	3	–1
	IMRO – Bulgarian National Movement	143,830	7.14	2	+1
	Democratic Bulgaria	118,484	5.88	1	+1
	Volya Movement	70,830	3.51	0	New
	Patriots for Valeri Simeonov (NFSB–SEK)	22,421	1.11	0	0
	NDSV–New Time	21,315	1.06	0	0
	Attack	20,906	1.04	0	0
	Revival	20,319	1.01	0	New
	Coalition for Bulgaria	16,759	0.83	0	0
	Democrats for Responsibility, Solidarity and Tolerance	7,130	0.35	0	New
	People's Voice	6,136	0.30	0	0
	Party of Greens	6,051	0.30	0	0
	Movement 21	4,141	0.21	0	New
	Reload Bulgaria	3,907	0.19	0	New
	Together Movement	3,731	0.19	0	New
	VOLT	3,500	0.17	0	New
	Direct Democracy	2,425	0.12	0	New
	Bulgarian National Unification	2,370	0.12	0	New
	Rise (RDP–ENP–BNF Chicago–SSD–BDS R)	1,855	0.09	0	New
	Independents	73,317	3.64	0	0
None of the above		61,029	3.03	–	–
Total		2,015,320	100.00	17	0
Valid votes		2,015,320	96.17
Invalid/blank votes		80,238	3.83
Total votes		2,095,558	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		6,378,694	32.85
Source: CIK

See also

• Bulgaria (European Parliament constituency)