3-6 Parties To Enter Parliament – Polls

The three parties, which will enter Bulgaria's Parliament at the Oct. 5 early elections, are GERB, BSP and DPS, show two polls, published on Wednesday.

According to the Sova Haris agency poll, ordered by the BGNES wire service, only three parties will pass the 4% threshold - GERB, BSP and DPS. 

A national representatives survey of the Mediana agency shows that besides GERB, BSP and DPS, seats in Parliament will also have Bulgaria Without Censorship of the journalist-turned-politician Nikolai Barekov, the rightist coalition the Reformist Bloc and the nationalist coalition Patriotic Front. 

According to the Sova Haris results, GERB would win 22.6% of the votes, BSP - 16.4%, DPS - 5.8%,  Bulgaria Without Censorship - 3.8%, Reformist Bloc - 3.7%, Patriotic Front - 2.1%, ABV - 2%, Ataka - 1.3%. Those who still haven't made their mind are 20.4% and 17.8% responded that they will not vote. 

The Mediana results give 26.8% to GERB, 17.5% to BSP, 9.2% to DPS, 4.7% to Bulgaria Without Censorship, 4.4% to the Reformist Bloc, 4.3% to the Patriotic Front, 3.7% to Ataka, 3.3% to ABV. Twenty-three percent of respondents said they will not vote.