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Parliamentary elections were held in Bulgaria on 19 April 1997. [1] The result was a victory for the United Democratic Forces (an alliance of the Union of Democratic Forces (SDS), the Democratic Party, the Bulgarian Agrarian National Union-Nikola Petkov and the Bulgarian Social Democratic Party), [2] which won 137 of the 240 seats. Voter turnout was 62.9%. [3] Following the election, SDS leader Ivan Kostov became Prime Minister. [4]
Bulgaria, officially the Republic of Bulgaria, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is bordered by Romania to the north, Serbia and North Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, and the Black Sea to the east. The capital and largest city is Sofia; other major cities are Plovdiv, Varna and Burgas. With a territory of 110,994 square kilometres (42,855 sq mi), Bulgaria is Europe's 16th-largest country.
The United Democratic Forces were a center-right electoral alliance in Bulgaria, led by the Union of Democratic Forces.
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Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– |
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United Democratic Forces | 2,223,714 | 52.3 | 137 | +68 |
Democratic Left | 939,308 | 22.1 | 58 | −67 |
Union for National Salvation¹ | 323,429 | 7.6 | 19 | +4 |
Bulgarian Euro-Left | 234,058 | 5.5 | 14 | New |
Bulgarian Business Bloc | 209,796 | 4.9 | 12 | −1 |
Communist Party of Bulgaria | 50,864 | 1.2 | 0 | 0 |
Alliance for the King | 46,765 | 1.1 | 0 | New |
Bulgarian Christian Coalition | 26,614 | 0.6 | 0 | New |
Democratic Party of Justice | 20,433 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 |
Party of Bulgarian Women | 16,061 | 0.4 | 0 | New |
Liberal Forum | 13,638 | 0.3 | 0 | New |
Crowned Democracy | 11,747 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 |
Bulgarian Workers' Socialist Party | 10,152 | 0.2 | 0 | New |
Bulgarian Agrarian National Union-Centre | 10,062 | 0.2 | 0 | New |
Democratic Alternative for the Republic | 9,664 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 |
Bulgarian Party of Liberals | 7,281 | 0.2 | 0 | New |
Bulgarian National-Radical Party | 7,099 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 |
Bulgarian National Democratic Party | 6,875 | 0.2 | 0 | New |
Popular Patriotic Left Front | 6,795 | 0.2 | 0 | New |
Bulgarian Workers'-Agrarian Party | 6,754 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 |
Union for Democratic Development | 6,377 | 0.2 | 0 | New |
Christian Democratic Union | 5,912 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 |
Forward Bulgaria' Coalition | 5,886 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 |
Free Cooperative Party | 5,534 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 |
Democratic League | 4,386 | 0.1 | 0 | New |
New Democracy | 3,720 | 0.1 | 0 | New |
Transfiguration Forum | 3,654 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 |
Bulgarian Democratic Party for European and World States | 3,614 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 |
Bulgarian National Ecological Party - Veliko Turnovo | 3,437 | 0.1 | 0 | New |
Bulgarian Green Federation | 3,347 | 0.1 | 0 | New |
Bulgarian Revolutionary Youth Party | 2,446 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 |
Bulgarian National Movement for the Eternal Path | 2,438 | 0.1 | 0 | New |
Bulgarian Fatherland Party – National Union | 2,301 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 |
Front of Progressive Forces in Bulgaria | 1,135 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Alliance of the Nation - Movement of the Downtrodden | 670 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Independents | 19,335 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 |
Invalid/blank votes | 35,956 | – | – | – |
Total | 4,291,257 | 100 | 240 | 0 |
Sources: Nohlen & Stöver, University of Essex |
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