Boyko Borisov

The deputy chair of Bulgaria's far-right Ataka party, Desislav Chukolov, told the parliament in Sofia on Wednesday that the party may seek the cancellation of the European election results, in which it failed to win seats.

Bulgaria's opposition GERB party, led by Boiko Borisov, received 30.40 per cent of the votes in European Parliamentary elections in the country, with the ruling BSP trailing well behind on 18.94 per cent.

GERB, Bulgaria's opposition which scored a landslide victory in Sunday's European elections, is to demand the office of EPP Deputy Chair.

The move was announced by GERB's leader and former Prime Minister Boyko Borisov at the press conference his party held on Monday following partial results of the vote.

According to the latest parallel counts of Alpha Research, the center-right GERB party’s lead in the European elections is increasing.

The party of former Prime Minister Boyko Borisov has 29.9% of the votes, followed by the ruling Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) with 19.5%.

The leader of the GERB party and former Prime Minister Boyko Borisov called on the government to resign following the European Elections.

Bulgaria's center-right opposition could lead on the Bulgarian Socialist Party with as many as 2 MEPs according to exit polls, the agency Mediana said after the first results of the European elections.

According to exit polls, five Bulgarian parties will enter the European Parliament.

The MPs of the coalition partners Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) and the Movement for Rights and Freedoms (DPS) defeated the quorum for the no-confidence motion in Parliament. 

Bulgaria's Parliament will convene on Friday to debate the no-confidence motion submitted by the opposition GERB party.

Voter turnout will be the decisive factor to determine which of the main parties, ruling BSP and the opposition GERB will win May 25's European elections, a recent poll shows.

According to the polling agency Gallup International, the two parties are running neck to neck, with support estimated between 500 000 and 600 000 for each of them.