2017 Bulgarian parliamentary election

2017 Bulgarian parliamentary election
	All 240 seats in the National Assembly; 121 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	52.57%

Parliamentary elections were held in Bulgaria on 26 March 2017. They had originally been scheduled for 2018 at the end of the four-year term of the National Assembly. However, following the resignation of Prime Minister Boyko Borisov and the failure of Bulgarian parties to form a government, early elections were called.^[1] Borisov resigned following the defeat of Tsetska Tsacheva, the candidate of his GERB party, in the November 2016 presidential elections.^[2]^[3] The official election campaign began on 24 February.^[4]

GERB won a plurality, with 95 of the 240 seats. Borisov was elected Prime Minister again after negotiating a governing coalition.^[5]

^ Bulgaria Heads for Early Elections Balkan Insight, 20 December 2016
^ Bulgaria Sliding Toward Caretaker Govt, But with Same Parliament Novinite, 13 November 2016
^ Bulgarian PM Borisov resigns, snap parliamentary polls likely Reuters, 14 November 2016
^ "Election Campaign Starts in Bulgaria". novinite.com. Novinite JSC. 24 February 2017. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
^ Hope, Kerin; Troev, Theodor (27 March 2017). "Former PM Borisov claims victory in Bulgarian election". Financial Times. Retrieved 28 March 2017.(subscription required)

[1] Bulgaria Heads for Early Elections Balkan Insight, 20 December 2016

[2] Bulgaria Sliding Toward Caretaker Govt, But with Same Parliament Novinite, 13 November 2016

[R-3] Bulgarian PM Borisov resigns, snap parliamentary polls likely Reuters, 14 November 2016

[4] "Election Campaign Starts in Bulgaria". novinite.com. Novinite JSC. 24 February 2017. Retrieved 24 February 2017.

[FT_result-5] Hope, Kerin; Troev, Theodor (27 March 2017). "Former PM Borisov claims victory in Bulgarian election". Financial Times. Retrieved 28 March 2017.(subscription required)

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