Parliamentary elections were held in Bulgaria on 4 April 2021 at the end of the term of the National Assembly elected in 2017.Президентът насрочи парламентарните избори на 4 април Dnevnik, 14 January 2021 Parties in the governing coalition led by Boyko Borisov lost seats and no party leader was able to form a coalition government within the time limit. This triggered the July 2021 Bulgarian parliamentary election.
Background
Electoral system The 240 members of the National Assembly are elected by open list proportional representation from 31 multi-member constituencies ranging in size from 4 to 16 seats. The electoral threshold is 4% for parties, with seats allocated using the largest remainder method.Electoral system for national legislature – Bulgaria IDEA
Parties and coalitions The incumbent government was a coalition between the conservative GERB party of Prime Minister Boyko Borisov and the nationalist United Patriots alliance (formed from IMRO, Attack and the NFSB), with the support of the populist Volya Movement. Together they held 132 out of 240 seats in the National Assembly.
During The Greens' 2020 national meeting, the party representatives voted in favor of a coalition at "the next parliamentary election with the other two members of Democratic Bulgaria". The party representatives voted against a "coalition with any of the political parties in the current National Assembly" - namely, GERB, BSP, DPS, Volya and OP.Владислав Панев и Борислав Сандов бяха преизбрани за съпредседатели на „Зелено движение“ The Greens, 28 September 2020
The deputy chairman of ITN, Toshko Yordanov, said in an interview for the Bulgarian National Radio, that the party "will not enter a coalition with GERB, DPS or BSP".За партията на Слави Трифонов са забранени съюзи с ГЕРБ, БСП и ДПС OFF News, 7 October 2020
The cochairman of Democratic Bulgaria, Hristo Ivanov, stated in an interview for bTV, that "there will be no coalition with GERB, whether with or without Borisov".Христо Иванов: Коалиция с ГЕРБ няма да има със или без Борисов OFF News, 11 October 2020
The chairman of Bulgaria for Citizens Movement, Dimitar Delchev, announced that his party was joining Stand Up.BG during a public presentation of the citizens' platform at Slaveykov Square, in August 2020. The same was done by the chairman of Volt Bulgaria - Nastimir Ananiev, as well as the chairman of the party Movement 21 - Tatyana Doncheva. The citizens' organization The System Kills Us announced their support for Nikola Vaptsarov as their representative within Stand Up.BG.
List When only some of the leaders of a coalition are its official representatives, their names are in bold. All lines with a light gray background indicate support for a party or coalition that has been agreed upon outside of the official CEC electoral registration.
Name Ideology Leader(s) 2017 result Seats atdissolution Votes(%) Seats GERB–SDS GERB Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria ConservatismPopulism Boyko Borisov 32.65 SDS Union of Democratic Forces ConservatismChristian democracy Rumen Hristov DEN Movement for the Unity of the People Turkish minority interests BSPfor Bulgaria BSP Bulgarian Socialist Party Social democracyDemocratic socialism Korneliya Ninova 27.19 NZ Left-wing nationalism CPB Communist Party of Bulgaria CommunismMarxism–Leninism Aleksandar Paunov – Ecoglasnost Green politicsEnvironmentalism Trakiya Trakiya Political Club Bulgarian nationalism Stefan Nachev VMRO IMRO–BNM IMRO – Bulgarian National Movement Bulgarian ultranationalismNational conservatism Krasimir Karakachanov 9.07(OP) ROD Association „ROD International“ Conservatism David Alexandrov SEK Middle European Class Pro-Europeanism Georgi Manev SPSZ Union of Patriotic Forces "Defense" Bulgarian nationalism Petar Beron ZS-AS Agrarian Union "Aleksandar Stamboliyski" AgrarianismProgressivism Ataka Attack Bulgarian ultranationalismRight-wing populism Volen Siderov 9.07(OP) DPS Movement for Rights and Freedoms LiberalismTurkish minority interests Mustafa Karadayi 8.99 PatrioticCoalitionVolya–NFSB Volya Volya Movement Right-wing populismAnti-establishment Veselin Mareshki 4.15 NFSB National Front for the Salvation of Bulgaria Bulgarian nationalismNational conservatism Valeri Simeonov OSD United Social Democracy Social democracy Jordan Gergov BSDP Bulgarian Social Democratic Party Social democracy CDP Christian Democratic Party of Bulgaria Christian democracy Irina Arabadzhieva RDP Radical Democratic Party in Bulgaria Liberalism Zahari Petrov BDSR Bulgarian Democratic Union "Radicals" AgrarianismConservatism Tsvetan Manchev BZNS Bulgarian Agrarian National Union AgrarianismCentrism Nikolay Nenchev SBDR Association "Bulgarian Homemade Brandy" Farmers' rights Petko Sabev GN People's Voice Eurorealism Populism Svetoslav Vitkov 3.06(RB) DB DSB Democrats for a Strong Bulgaria National liberalismPro-Europeanism Atanas Atanasov 3.06(RB) DaB! Yes, Bulgaria! Anti-corruptionCivic engagement Hristo Ivanov 2.88 ZD Green Movement Green politicsGreen liberalism Borislav SandovVladislav Panev DEN Dignity of United People Liberalism Nayden Zelenogorski ABV Alternative for Bulgarian Revival Social democracySocial conservatism Rumen Petkov 1.55 Revival Revival Bulgarian nationalismAnti-corruption Kostadin Kostadinov 1.08 Greens Green politicsAnti-capitalism Vladimir Nikolov 0.29 Together for Change BSDE Bulgarian Social Democracy – EuroLeft Social democracyThird Way Aleksandar TomovDimitar Mitev 0.17) ESI European Security and Integration Romani minority interestsSocial democracy R 2000 Patriotism 2000 Patriotism Julian Ivanov BNO BNO Bulgarian National Unification Bulgarian nationalism Georgi Georgiev 0.11 GPBL Civic Platform „Bulgarian Summer“ Populism Boris Sokolov Citizens of Protest BL Bulgarian Left SocialismDemocratic socialism Boyan Kirov 0.08 KOY Competence, Responsibility and Truth Right-winghttps://europeelects.eu/bulgaria/ Bulgaria - Europe Elects Svetozar Saev BZP Bulgarian Agrarian Party Agrarianism Peycho Kasarov SKB Union of Communists in Bulgaria CommunismMarxism We,the Citizens KtB Coalition For you Bulgaria Pro-EuropeanismCentre-right – BDO Bulgarian Democratic Union Christian democracy Gospodin Tonev – BNU–ND Bulgarian National Union – New Democracy Neo-NazismRacismHard Euroscepticism Boris IvanovBogdan Yotsov – KOD Conservative Union of the Right National conservatism Petar Moskov – BPL Bulgarian Progressive Line Democratic socialismProgressivism – VO Revival of the Fatherland ConservatismRussophilia – Nation Nation Right-wing populismHard euroscepticismПрограма на ПП „Нация“ . // Нация.бг. Посетен на 25 март 2021 г. Kiril Gumnerov – MIR Conservatism – ISMV D21 Movement 21 Social democracyEnvironmentalism Tatyana Doncheva – DBG Bulgaria for Citizens Movement Centrism Dimitar Delchev ENP United People's Party LiberalismPro-Europeanism Valentina Vasileva-Filadelfevs IS.BG Stand Up.BG Anti-corruptionAnti-elitism Maya Manolova OT Poisonous Trio and Citizens Direct democracyPopulism Nikolay Hadjigenov VOLT Volt Bulgaria Pro-EuropeanismEuropean federalism Nastimir Ananiev DNES Movement for National Unity and Salvation Social liberalism Angelica Tsokova ZNS Agrarian People's Union Agrarianism DNK Movement of Independent Candidates PopulismУстав на „Движение на непартийните кандидати“ . // Justice.bg. Глава втора: Принципи, цели и начини за постигането им, страница 1. Посетен на 25 февруари 2021 г. Boyko MladenovBoyko NikiforovMincho KuminevOgnyan Boyukliev – RzB Republicans for Bulgaria ConservatismEconomic liberalism Tsvetan Tsvetanov – Pravoto Rights, Reforms, Alternative, Opportunities, Responsibility, Tolerance and Unity Populism Maria Koleva – BOG Prosperity-Unity-Construction Patriotism Ivan Gaberov – ONB ONB Society for New Bulgaria Conservatism Kalin Krulev – ZM NGO "Green Mladost" Green politics Desislava Ivancheva BSDD Bulgarian Union for Direct Democracy Direct democracy Georgi Nedelchev – ITN There Is Such A People PopulismDirect democracy Slavi Trifonov – PD Direct Democracy Direct democracy Peter Klisarov – IndependentsIncludes all deputies without a parliamentary group – – – 0.15
Opinion polls The opinion poll results below were recalculated from the original data and exclude pollees that chose 'I will not vote' or 'I am uncertain'.