General Information
At Stake in this Election:
- All 240 seats of the National Assembly of Bulgaria
- Chief of State: President Rumen RADEV (since 22 January 2017)
- Head of Government: Caretaker Prime Minister Dimitar GLAVCHEV (since 9 April 2024)
- Assembly: unicameral National Assembly (Народно събрание / Narodno Sabranie) with 240 seats
- The President is directly elected by absolute majority popular vote in up to two rounds. The president may serve up to two 5-year terms.
- The Prime Minister is elected by the National Assembly.
- Members of the National Assembly are directly elected by proportional representation vote in multi-seat constituencies. Parties and coalitions must earn at least 4% of the overall vote to receive a seat. Members serve 4-year terms.
In the June 2024 snap election, 7 coalitions and parties won seats led by GERB-SDS with 68 seats. Voter turnout was 33%.
New/Unique in this Election:
This will be Bulgaria’s second legislative election in 2024 and the seventh since 2021. President Radev dissolved the National Assembly in August of 2024 and called a snap election after the governing coalition fell apart.
- Candidate filing deadline: 24 September 2024
- Voter registration deadline: N/A; Voter registration is passive and residence-based.
Main Parties in this Election:
- GERB-UDF / ГЕРБ - СДС
- Leader: Boyko BORISOV
- Seats won in last election: 68 out of 240
- Movement for Rights and Freedoms / Движение за права и свободи (DPS
- Leader: Mustafa KARADAYI
- Seats won in last election: 47 out of 240
- We Continue the Change + Democratic Bulgaria / Продължаваме промяната + Демократична България (PP-DB)
- Leader: Kiril PETKOV
- Seats won in last election: 39 out of 240
- REVIVAL / Възраждане
- Leader: Kostadin KOSTADINOV
- Seats won in last election: 38 out of 240
- BSP for Bulgaria / БСП за България (BSPzB)
- Leader: Korneliya NINOVA
- Seats won in last election: 19 out of 240
- There Is Such a People / Има такъв народ (ITN)
- Leader: Stanislav TRIFONOV
- Seats won in last election: 16 out of 240
- Velichie / ВЕЛИЧИE
- Leader: Albena Georgieva PEKOVA
- Seats won in last election: 13 out of 240
Population and Registered Voters:
- Population: 6,465,100 (2022 est.)
- Registered Voters: 6,639,449 (2024)
Gender Data:
- Female Population: 3,329,960 (2022 est.)
- CEDAW Status: Signed 17 July 1980, Ratified 8 February 1982
- Gender Quota: No
- Female Candidates in this election: Yes
- Number of Female Legislators (pre-election): 64 out of 240 (27%) in the National Assembly
- Human Development Index (HDI) Position: 0.799, High, Rank 70 (2022)
- Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI) Categorization: 18.9 (2023)
Disability Data:
- CRPD Status: Signed 27 September 2007, Ratified 22 March 2012
- Projected population with a disability: 1,034,416 (2022 est.)
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