2009 European Parliament election in Bulgaria


The European Parliament election of 2009 in Bulgaria was held on Sunday 7 June 2009 and was the election of the delegation from Bulgaria to the European Parliament. As a result of the Treaty of Nice – that became active in November 2004 – the number of Bulgarian delegates in the European Parliament decreased from 18 to 17 delegates. When the Treaty of Lisbon was ratified, the number of Bulgarian Delegates went back up to 18.

Background

This election is the first one, in which Bulgaria elects MEP for the full 5-year term. Most political analysts viewed these elections as a rehearsal to the 2009 Bulgarian parliamentary election. It was speculated that if similar results were obtained on the latter elections, that the formation of government would be extremely difficult. This did not turn out to be the case.

Opinion polls

Results

The Official national results as of 10 June 2009 are as follows:

Elected MEPs

The following 18 MEP were elected:
5 MEPs from GERB that joined the European People's Party group:
  1. Rumiana Jeleva
  2. Vladimir Urutchev
  3. Iliana Ivanova
  4. Emil Stoyanov
  5. Maria Nedeltcheva
4 MEPs from the Coalition for Bulgaria that joined the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats:
  1. Ivaylo Kalfin
  2. Iliana Yotova
  3. Kristian Vigenin
  4. Evgeni Kirilov
3 MEPs from Movement for Rights and Freedoms that joined the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe group:
  1. Filiz Husmenova
  2. Vladko Panayotov
  3. Metin Kazak
2 MEPs from Attack that sat as Non-inscrits:
  1. Dimitar Stoyanov
  2. Slavcho Binev
2 MEPs from National Movement for Stability and Progress that joined the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe group:
  1. Meglena Kuneva
  2. Antonia Parvanova
1 MEP from Union of Democratic Forces that joined the European People's Party group:
  1. Nadezhda Mihaylova
1 MEP from Democrats for a Strong Bulgaria that joined the European People's Party group:
  1. Svetoslav Malinov