Official EE24 website: https://www.cik.bg/en
Other elections/referenda held the same day: National parliament
Number of MEPs before/after EE24: 17/17
Current government: Caretaker government
ELECTORAL RULES
- Obligatory vote: Yes
- Number of constituencies: 1
- Preferential vote: Yes
- Postal vote: No
- Threshold to get elected: No
- Day of EE24: Sunday 9 June
- Opening time of polling stations: 06.00 CEST
- Closing time of polling stations: 19.00 CEST
VOTERS
- Total: 6 157 220
- Minimum age: 18
CANDIDATES
- Lists (total): 31
- Candidates (total): 417
- Minimum age to stand as candidate: 21
Lead candidates per list or party (affiliation) (In bold those represented in outgoing EP)
- GERB/SDS – Rosen Zhelyazkov
- PP/DB – Nikola Minchev
- Vazrajdane – Stanislav Stoyanov
- BSP – Kristian Vigenin
- DPS – Dzhevdet Chakarov
- VMRO – Angel Dhzambazki
- Ima Takav Narod – Ivaylo Valchev
- Coalition Levitsata! – Valeri Zhablyanov
- Balgarski Vazhod – Daniela Vezieva
MEPs re-running (in bold lead candidate of list)
GERB/SDS (S&D):
- Andrey KOVATCHEV
- Andrey NOVAKOV
- Eva MAYDELL
- Emil RADEV
- Asim ADEMOV
PP/DB (Unaffiliated/EPP)
- Radan KANEV
BSP (S&D)
- Tzvetelina PENKOVA
VMRO (ECR)
- Angel DZHAMBAZKI
- Andrey SLABAKOV
DPS (Renew)
- Ilhan KYUCHYUK
- Iskra MIHAYLOVA
- Elena YONCHEVA
RESULTS 2019
MEPs / % votes
- GERB/SDS / 6 / 31.07%
- BSP / 5 / 24.26%
- DPS / 3 / 16.55%
- VMRO / 2 / 7.36%
- Democratic Bulgaria / 1 / 6.06%
TURNOUT 2019
- 32.64 %
Source – EU Parliament