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Parliamentary elections were held in Bulgaria on 17 June 2001. [1] The result was a victory for the National Movement – Simeon II, which won 120 of the 240 seats. Voter turnout was 67.0%. [2] Following the election, Simeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, the country's last Tsar from 1943 to 1946, became Prime Minister. [3]
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 National Movement for Stability and Progress, until 3 June 2007 known as the National Movement Simeon II, is a liberal and populist political party in Bulgaria, created as a personal vehicle of Simeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, the deposed Tsar and former Prime Minister of Bulgaria.
Simeon II of Bulgaria is the last reigning Bulgarian monarch and later served as Prime Minister of Bulgaria from 2001 to 2005.
The elections came four years after the last parliamentary elections in 1997, marking the first occasion since the fall of Communism that a full term had been completed. [3] A total of 65 parties registered for the elections, together with eleven independents. [3]
National Movement – Simeon II was originally prevented from registering by Sofia City Court as it failed to meet the Central Election Committee's requirements. However, after forming an alliance with the Bulgarian Women's Party and the Movement for National Revival, the party was allowed to register. [3]
Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– |
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National Movement – Simeon II | 1,952,513 | 42.74 | 120 | New |
United Democratic Forces | 830,338 | 18.18 | 51 | −86 |
Coalition for Bulgaria | 783,372 | 17.15 | 48 | −10 |
Movement for Rights and Freedoms | 340,395 | 7.45 | 21 | +2 |
VMRO-George's Day Movement | 165,927 | 3.63 | 0 | New |
Simeon II Coalition | 157,141 | 3.44 | 0 | New |
National Union for Tsar Simeon II | 77,671 | 1.70 | 0 | New |
Bulgarian Social Democracy | 44,637 | 0.98 | 0 | 0 |
Union Bulgaria | 33,637 | 0.74 | 0 | New |
Coalition "National Union Tzar Kiro" | 27,636 | 0.6 | 0 | New |
NU Fatherland and Left | 21,851 | 0.48 | 0 | New |
George Ganchev's Bloc | 17,272 | 0.38 | 0 | New |
UAF-BAPU-BAPU NP | 15,504 | 0.34 | 0 | 0 |
Bulgarian Workers' Party | 12,579 | 0.28 | 0 | New |
Democratic Party of Justice | 10,822 | 0.24 | 0 | 0 |
Bulgarian Socialist Workers' Party | 10,797 | 0.24 | 0 | 0 |
Bulgarian Communist Party "Fatherland" | 9,373 | 0.21 | 0 | New |
Patriotism 2000 | 6,077 | 0.13 | 0 | New |
Union of Patriotic Forces and Militaries of the Reserve Defense | 5,227 | 0.11 | 0 | New |
Bulgarian Democratic Party for United States of Europe and the World | 4,804 | 0.11 | 0 | 0 |
MDRUSWC-FPFB | 4,740 | 0.10 | 0 | New |
Bulgarian National Party "Social Union" | 4,439 | 0.10 | 0 | New |
Alternative Social-Liberal Party | 4,267 | 0.09 | 0 | New |
Free Cooperative Party | 3,935 | 0.09 | 0 | 0 |
Bulgarian National-Radical Party | 3,018 | 0.07 | 0 | 0 |
Social Liberal Movement "Justice" | 2,715 | 0.06 | 0 | New |
National Movement for New Era | 2,462 | 0.05 | 0 | New |
Patriotic Party of Labour | 1,601 | 0.04 | 0 | New |
Alliance for Preservation of the Wealth of Bulgaria | 1,414 | 0.03 | 0 | New |
Party of the Workers' and Social Democratic Intelligentsia | 1,033 | 0.02 | 0 | New |
Bulgarian Fatherland Party "National Union" | 623 | 0.01 | 0 | New |
NPLPOPC | 524 | 0.01 | 0 | New |
Bulgarian National Front | 202 | 0.0 | 0 | New |
Bulgarian Business Bloc | 162 | 0.0 | 0 | −12 |
Party of the Middle Class | 79 | 0.0 | 0 | New |
Union of the Nation – Movement of the Deprived | 39 | 0.0 | 0 | New |
Independents | 9,365 | 0.21 | 0 | 0 |
Invalid/blank votes | 39,944 | – | – | – |
Total | 4,608,135 | 100 | 240 | 0 |
Source: Nohlen & Stöver, University of Essex |
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