Fifth electoral emotion in two years in Bulgaria
Due to the failure of the last parliament to form a government in Bulgaria, citizens will go to the polls again on April 2 for early general elections.
The electoral campaign, which lasted about a month, ends today. Political propaganda will be banned on April 1, which has been declared a “day of reflection” in the country. Voters will choose among 21 parties and coalitions on April 2.
738 ballot boxes will be installed in 62 countries, including Turkey, for the fifth early elections in the last 2 years. The number of ballot boxes to be set up in Turkey, where Bulgarian citizens are the most crowded, was determined at 162.
Recent polls have shown that at least 5 parties can pass the 4 percent threshold required to enter the 240-member Bulgarian parliament after early general elections, which are expected to have a turnout of around 40 percent.
According to a poll carried out by Gallup International on the eve of the elections, the coalition formed between the Continue to Change (PP) and Democratic Bulgaria (DB) parties, co-chaired by former Prime Minister Kiril Petkov, will receive 26.9 percent of the votes. votes.
HÖH EXPECTS THE SUPPORT OF TURKISH VOTERS
Bulgaria’s Citizens for European Development Party (GERB), led by Boyko Borisov, one of the former prime ministers who ruled the country for 12 years until 2021, has a potential vote of 26.5 percent.
The Movement for Rights and Freedoms Party (HÖH), which has a strong organizational structure and the majority of its members are Turkish and Muslim, is expected to be the third largest political power in parliament with 13.3 percent. of the votes MRF party chairman Mustafa Karadayı announced that they expect votes from Bulgarian citizens living abroad, especially in Turkey, in this election.
Karadayı stressed that if the turnout from Turkey, where 60-80,000 immigrants voted, is high, MRF could increase the number of deputies in the new parliament from 36 to at least 40, and that the party should receive strong support in this election in to play a key partner in the next coalition government. (AA)