National Assembly (Bulgaria)

National Assembly
49th National Assembly
Type
Type	Unicameral
Leadership
Speaker	Vacant since 25 April 2024
Structure
Seats	240
Political groups	GERB—SDS (69)   GERB (66)   SDS (2)   Gergiovden (1)   PP–DB (63)   PP (35)   DaB! (13)   DSB (10)   ZD (3)   Volt (1)   SEK (1)   DPS (36)   Revival (34)   BSPzB (23)   ITN (11)   Independent (4)
Elections
Voting system	Proportional representation
Last election	2 April 2023
Next election	9 June 2024
Meeting place
Website
parliament.bg

Politics of Bulgaria
Constitution 1879 1947 1971 1991
Presidency President (list) Rumen Radev Vice President Iliana Iotova
Executive Legislative Government Prime Minister (list) Nikolay Denkov National Assembly Speaker: Rosen Zhelyazkov
Law Judiciary Nationality law Human rights Courts Constitutional Court Supreme Administrative Court Supreme Court of Cassation Office of the General Prosecutor
Major political parties PP GERB DPS Bulgarian Socialist Party Democratic Bulgaria Revival Bulgarian Rise
Recent elections Presidential: 2011 2016 2021 Parliamentary: 2022 2023 2024 European: 2014 2019 2024
Administrative divisions Provinces (oblasti) Municipalities (obshtini)
Foreign relations 2007 EU enlargement Kristalina Georgieva Politics of the European Union
Bulgaria portal Other countries
v t e

42°41′40″N 23°19′58″E / 42.694456°N 23.332893°E / 42.694456; 23.332893

The National Assembly (Bulgarian: Народно събрание, romanized: Narodno Sabranie (lit. People’s Assembly) is the unicameral parliament and legislative body of the Republic of Bulgaria. The first National Assembly was established in 1879 with the Tarnovo Constitution.

During the communist period between 1946 and 1989, the National Assembly was the supreme organ of state power and it was the only branch of government in Bulgaria and, in accordance with the principle of unified power, all state organs are subservient to it. Most of the National Assembly's actions were characterized as a rubber stamp for the Bulgarian Communist Party (BKP) or as only being able to affect issues of low sensitivity and salience to the Bulgarian communist regime. The BCP controlled nomination and election processes at every level in its political system, allowing it to stamp out any opposition.