{"iso":"BG","name":"Bulgaria","flag":"\ud83c\udde7\ud83c\uddec","vote":"National Assembly \u00b7 seat projection","model":"seat","updated":"2026-06-21","source":"Next Bulgarian parliamentary election (Market Links/bTV)","credit":"Post-April-2026 polling: the only published national polls since the 19 April 2026 snap election (won by Progressive Bulgaria with 43.9%, 131/240 seats) are Market Links for bTV, May and June 2026, via public records 'Next Bulgarian parliamentary election'. Figures as published (recalculated excluding undecided/non-voters); the small 'none of the above' column is folded into Others.","shares":{"PB":46.2,"GERB":15.5,"PPDB":14.0,"DPS":6.0,"Vazrazhdane":4.9,"Others":13.6},"polls":[{"date":"2026-06-21","pollster":"Market Links (for bTV)","shares":{"PB":46.3,"GERB":15.5,"PPDB":14.0,"DPS":5.8,"Vazrazhdane":5.0,"Others":13.5}},{"date":"2026-05-27","pollster":"Market Links (for bTV)","shares":{"PB":45.7,"GERB":15.6,"PPDB":13.7,"DPS":6.8,"Vazrazhdane":4.3,"Others":13.9}}],"parties":{"PPDB":{"name":"Prodalzhavame Promyanata \u2013 Demokratichna Balgariya","color":"#0a66c2","name_en":"We Continue the Change \u2013 Democratic Bulgaria"},"GERB":{"name":"GERB\u2013SDS","color":"#003399"},"DPS":{"name":"DPS \u2013 Novo nachalo","color":"#7b2d8b","name_en":"Movement for Rights and Freedoms \u2013 New Beginning"},"Vazrazhdane":{"name":"Vazrazhdane","color":"#3a2a1a","name_en":"Revival (Vazrazhdane)"},"PB":{"name":"Progresivna Balgariya","color":"#1f8a70","name_en":"Progressive Bulgaria"}},"seats":{"PB":112,"GERB":37,"PPDB":33,"DPS":14,"Vazrazhdane":11,"Others":33},"seat_meta":{"total":240,"majority":121,"method":"dhondt","threshold":4.0,"chamber":"National Assembly","note":"Real system is 31 D'Hondt districts with a 4% national threshold; approximated as one national D'Hondt pool.","largest":"PB"},"primer":{"system":"Unitary parliamentary republic","head_of_state":"President Iliana Iotova","head_of_government":"Prime Minister Rumen Radev","legislature":"National Assembly, 240 seats","electoral_system":"Party-list proportional representation.","government_now":"Rumen Radev's Progressive Bulgaria governs with a single-party majority, 131 of 240 seats, won at the April 2026 snap election.","context":"Bulgaria held seven snap elections between 2021 and 2026 amid a long crisis over corruption. Radev resigned the presidency in January 2026 to found Progressive Bulgaria, campaigning against the oligarchic system, and GERB fell to 39 opposition seats.","sources":"Open encyclopedic records of officeholders, parliament and elections \u00b7 checked 2 Jul 2026"},"parties_info":{"PB":["Progresivna Balgariya","Progressive Bulgaria","Left-populist coalition of former president Rumen Radev; won the April 2026 snap election in a landslide with an outright majority \u00b7 Radev is now PM."],"GERB":["GERB\u2013SDS","Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria","Centre-right party of Boyko Borissov; Bulgaria's dominant party for much of 2009\u20132021, now in opposition."],"PPDB":["Prodalzhavame Promyanata \u2013 Demokratichna Balgariya","We Continue the Change \u2013 Democratic Bulgaria","Centrist, liberal anti-corruption bloc."],"DPS":["DPS \u2013 Novo nachalo","Movement for Rights and Freedoms \u2013 New Beginning","Party of media magnate Delyan Peevski, rooted in the Turkish-minority MRF; carried only Kardzhali province in 2026."],"Vazrazhdane":["Vazrazhdane","Revival","Far-right, pro-Russian and anti-EU party of Kostadin Kostadinov."]},"seats_now":{"chamber":"National Assembly","as_of":"2026 election","total":240,"seats":{"PB":131,"GERB":39,"PPDB":37,"DPS":21,"Vazrazhdane":12}},"region_winners":{"Blagoevgrad":"PB","Burgas":"PB","Dobrich":"PB","Gabrovo":"PB","Haskovo":"PB","Kardzhali":"DPS","Kyustendil":"PB","Lovech":"PB","Montana":"PB","Pazardzhik":"PB","Pernik":"PB","Pleven":"PB","Plovdiv":"PB","Razgrad":"PB","Ruse":"PB","Shumen":"PB","Silistra":"PB","Sliven":"PB","Smolyan":"PB","Sofia":"PB","Sofia City":"PB","Stara Zagora":"PB","Targovishte":"PB","Varna":"PB","Veliko Tarnovo":"PB","Vidin":"PB","Vratsa":"PB","Yambol":"PB"},"region_meta":{"election":"2026 National Assembly","source":"public records, 2026 Bulgarian parliamentary election (Central Electoral Commission, results.cik.bg). Map caption: PB most-voted in all provinces except Kardzhali.","note":"19 April 2026 snap election. Progressive Bulgaria (Rumen Radev) won a landslide and the plurality in every province except Kardzhali, where DPS-New Beginning (Peevski's stronghold) won. Supersedes Oct 2024."},"has_geo":true,"next_election":{"date":"2030-04","title":"Bulgarian parliamentary election (expected \u2014 full term after the April 2026 snap)","chamber":"National Assembly","type":"expected"}}