The coalition government’s message came out of the ballot box in Bulgaria
According to the first unofficial results after the polls closed, at least 5 political forces will take place in the 49th parliament with 240 deputies.
According to the distribution of the votes, no political power will be able to form a government by itself. The parties will have to go to negotiations for the coalition.
According to the Gallup International poll, the right-wing, pro-European Union, pro-NATO-Continue Change-Democratic Bulgaria (PP-DB) coalition, with 25.3 percent of the vote, had the chance to win the most of deputies in Parliament.
The Bulgarian Citizens for European Development (GERB) party, led by one of the former prime ministers, Boyko Borisov, is in second place with 24.7 percent of the vote.
The Central Election Commission (ZİK) will announce the final results of the election, which has a turnout of about 40 percent, on April 7.
Votes from abroad are expected to significantly affect the results.
SUCCESS OF THE HÖH MATCH
The Movement for Rights and Freedoms (HÖH) party, which received 13.1 percent of the vote in the election, is expected to be the third or fourth party in parliament.
Consequently, the MRF, which enjoys the support of Turkish and Muslim voters in Bulgaria, is expected to have 38 deputies in parliament. The party had a group of 36 people in the previous parliament.
The pro-Russian populist Vizrajdane (Renaissance) party, which has been shut out of all Bulgarian political circles, will also win 14.2 percent of the vote and take its place in parliament. Vizrajdane had received 10 percent of the vote in the previous election. This party, which insists on Bulgaria’s exit from NATO and the EU as soon as possible, is not expected to establish a dialogue with other parliamentarians.
The Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) will join parliament after winning 9.9 percent of the vote.
The votes for populist showman Slavi Trifonov, a People’s Var (ITN)-type party, reached 4 percent.
In the past 2 years, the country has been ruled by interim governments appointed by President Rumen Radev, due to the failure of 4 short-lived parliaments to form a government.
Radev stated that he will announce the opening date of the new parliament as soon as possible. (AA)