Turkish minority-supported MRF takes 2nd place in Bulgaria
Former Prime Minister Boyko Borissov, leader of the GERB casting his vote during a Parliamentary elections as part of the 2024 European Parliament election at a polling station, in Sofia, Bulgaria on June 09, 2024. Bulgaria holds ''two in one'' Parliamentary elections as part of the 2024 European Parliament election. Sofia, Bulgaria, June 9, 2024 (AA Photos)
Bulgaria’s center-right GERB-UDF coalition is leading in both national parliamentary and European elections, local media reported Sunday.
Presenting parallel vote tabulations by the Alpha Research polling agency, the state-run BTA news agency announced that GERB-UDF garnered 25% in the parliamentary elections and 24% in the European Parliament (EP) elections.
The Movement for Rights and Freedoms (MRF), a centrist party supported predominantly by the country’s Turkish and Roma minorities, won 16.8% in the EP elections and 16.7% in the national elections and became the second largest party.
The We Continue the Change-Democratic Bulgaria coalition (PP-DB) was third in national elections with 14.3% and garnered 15.8% in EP elections.
The pro-Russia Revival party (Vazrazhdane) became the fourth largest party in both national and EP elections with 14% and 14.7%, respectively.
The fifth party was the Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP), followed by the Grandeur Party and There Is Such a People party. According to the tabulations, the BSP will send lawmakers to the national parliament and EP.
