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Fri, Feb 10 2012
GERB wins 39.71% in general elections - final results
Boiko Borissov during the only debate held this year, ahead of the European Parliament elections held on June 7.
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Sofia mayor Boiko Borissov's Citizens for the European Development of Bulgaria (GERB) won 39.7 per cent of the vote in Parliament elections, the Central Electoral Commission (CEC) said after 100 per cent of the votes were counted. Turnout was 60.2 per cent, CEC said.
Bulgarian Socialist Party, led by outgoing prime minister Sergei Stanishev, was second with 17.7 per cent, followed by ruling coalition partner, the Movement for Rights and Freedoms (MRF), with 14.46 per cent.
Ultra-nationalist party Ataka was fourth with 9.36 per cent and the centre-right Blue Coalition won 6.76 per cent. The Order Law and Justice party won enough votes to enter Parliament, with 4.13 per cent.
The coalition of LIDER with New Time had 3.26 per cent and the National Movement for Stability and Progress, the third partner in the ruling coalition, had only 3.01 per cent, CEC data showed. The parliamentary representation threshold in Bulgaria is four per cent.
GERB alsowon 26 out of 31 majoritarian seats, the rest going to MRF, CEC data showed.
*Last updated on July 7 with final results data from CEC.
Bulgarian Socialist Party, led by outgoing prime minister Sergei Stanishev, was second with 17.7 per cent, followed by ruling coalition partner, the Movement for Rights and Freedoms (MRF), with 14.46 per cent.
Ultra-nationalist party Ataka was fourth with 9.36 per cent and the centre-right Blue Coalition won 6.76 per cent. The Order Law and Justice party won enough votes to enter Parliament, with 4.13 per cent.
The coalition of LIDER with New Time had 3.26 per cent and the National Movement for Stability and Progress, the third partner in the ruling coalition, had only 3.01 per cent, CEC data showed. The parliamentary representation threshold in Bulgaria is four per cent.
GERB alsowon 26 out of 31 majoritarian seats, the rest going to MRF, CEC data showed.
*Last updated on July 7 with final results data from CEC.
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Excellent election results for Bulgaria. The communista demonstrated again and again that they are bunch of incompetent thieves, and generators and protectors of corruption.
With Boyko Borisov at least there is a hope, but his success depends on how taught he will get with the commies and how hard will he hit them.
Borisov appears genuine in his intent to crack down on corruption. But corruption among other problems is only symptomatic for the widespread lack of integrity on personal level in all layers of administration. How much can a person do? We will see...
B.Borisov will change Bulgaria as he said. We don`t want the turkish people any more and we want to get rid of them and the coruption
Proud to be called BULGARIAN
The big questions are: Does Boyko have any actual policies to back up his bluster, and will his team turn out to be deceptively brilliant, or just brilliantly deceptive...
I do hope that first off all, the thiefs and robbers are brought to trial for they are the direct cause of the complete debacle of this country, and that Mr Borrisov achieves in getting the Bulgarians to respect the rules
A question for Bulgarian people who voted B.Borisov:
Do you think that B.Borisov will make Bulgaria a place for human beings or for animals like the ones before him?
I hope B.Borisov set free the Bulgarian Turks from bondage of Ahmed Dogan!
Thanks god no political stalemate.