Bulgaria 2005 general election
Final results from ParlGov, read : Coalition for Bulgaria / Democratic Left won 82 of 240 seats with 30.9% of the vote; 55.8% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 11.0 points on 2001.
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Result
Seats and votes by party
| Party | Seats | ± seats | % | ± points | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coalition for Bulgaria / Democratic Leftwith Communist Party of Bulgaria, Bulgarian Socialist Party, Party of Bulgarian Social Democrats, Agrarian Union "Aleksandar Stamboliyski" and Green Party... | 82 | +34 | 30.9 | +13.8 | 1,129,196 |
| National Movement Simeon II | 53 | −67 | 19.9 | −22.9 | 725,314 |
| Movement for Rights and Freedoms | 34 | +13 | 12.8 | +5.4 | 467,400 |
| Attack | 21 | 8.1 | 296,848 | ||
| United Democratic Forceswith Agrarian People's Union, Democratic Party, Union of Democratic Forces and George's Day Movement | 20 | −31 | 7.7 | −10.5 | 280,323 |
| Democrats for a Strong Bulgaria / Democratic Bulgaria | 17 | 6.4 | 234,788 | ||
| Bulgarian People's Unionwith IMRO – Bulgarian National Movement | 13 | 5.2 | 189,268 | ||
| New Times | 0 | 3.0 | 107,758 | ||
| Coalition of the Rose | 0 | 1.3 | 47,410 | ||
| Euroroma | 0 | 1.3 | 45,637 |
± is the change against the Bulgaria 2001 general election, party by party.
Votes by party
- Coalition for Bulgaria / Democratic Left 1,129,196
- National Movement Simeon II 725,314
- Movement for Rights and Freedoms 467,400
- Attack 296,848
- United Democratic Forces 280,323
- Democrats for a Strong Bulgaria / Democratic Bulgaria 234,788
- Bulgarian People's Union 189,268
- New Times 107,758
- Coalition of the Rose 47,410
- Euroroma 45,637
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. How we read it.
ParlGov counts an alliance's votes and seats under its first party: such a row names the allies it counts.
Share of the vote
Turnout
55.8% of the 6,720,941 registered voters cast a ballot (3,747,793 ballots), down 11.0 points on 2001. 3,648,177 of them were valid votes. The lowest turnout of this kind in our data, which begins in 1991. How turnout is counted.
Votes and seats
- Coalition for Bulgaria / Democratic Left30.9% of votes34.2% of seats
- National Movement Simeon II19.9% of votes22.1% of seats
- Movement for Rights and Freedoms12.8% of votes14.2% of seats
- Attack8.1% of votes8.8% of seats
- United Democratic Forces7.7% of votes8.3% of seats
- Democrats for a Strong Bulgaria / Democratic Bulgaria6.4% of votes7.1% of seats
- Bulgarian People's Union5.2% of votes5.4% of seats
- New Times3.0% of votes0.0% of seats
The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 3.9 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 5.8 by votes and 4.8 by seats; Coalition for Bulgaria / Democratic Left led National Movement Simeon II by 11.1 points of the vote. How these are computed.
Sources and licence
Sources and licence
- ParlGov 2024 Release (Döring and Manow), Harvard Dataverse (source). Licence: CC0 1.0 Universal
- Wikidata, party colours (P465) (source). Licence: CC0 1.0 Universal
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