Movement for Rights and Freedoms

Bulgaria allocated nearly 240 million leva (120 million euros) for organizing the three elections held in 2024. Around 35% of these funds went to payments for members of sectional election commissions, according to Iva Lazarova, Chairwoman of the Public Council at the Central Election Commission (CEC) and the Institute for the Development of the Public Environment.

The Renew Europe group in the European Parliament, alongside the European ALDE party, has called for the expulsion of Delyan Peevski's Movement for Rights and Freedoms (DPS) from both organizations. This announcement followed Peevski's election as the sole leader of the DPS during an extraordinary conference held on Sunday.

Ahmed Dogan has confirmed that he will not take a seat in the 51st National Assembly, emphasizing that his role as leader of the Alliance for Rights and Freedoms (APS) allows him to lead without directly participating in parliament.

The "Greatness" party is calling for the recent Bulgarian parliamentary elections to be annulled. Ivelin Mihailov, the party's ideologue and candidate for deputy, who narrowly missed the parliamentary threshold with 3.999% of the vote, expressed this view in an interview with the Bulgarian National Radio (BNR).

At 17:00 today, Bulgaria's Central Election Commission (CEC) released the final results with 100% of protocols processed across the Regional Electoral Commissions (RECs).

The center-right GERB party of ex-premier Boyko Borissov appears to be the winner of Bulgaria's parliamentary election, the country's central electoral commission said Monday, with 98 percent of the ballots counted.

In the new 51st Bulgarian Parliament, the party "Alliance for Rights and Freedoms" (DPS-Dogan) has called for constructive dialogue among political parties to establish a stable government free from what it calls the "Peevski model" of influence.

In Kardzhali, election results are showing a significant setback for the Alliance for Rights and Freedoms (APS), whose list was headed by former chairman of the Movement for Rights and Freedoms (DPS, now headed by Delyan Peevski) Ahmed Dogan.

Seven parties are set to enter the 51st Bulgarian National Assembly, according to data from a national survey funded and conducted jointly by bTV and "Market LINKS." The survey was conducted among 1,014 individuals aged 18 and over between October 15-20, utilizing face-to-face interviews and online questionnaires.

Survey Results:

If elections were held at the beginning of October, seven political parties would secure seats in the Bulgarian parliament, according to an independent survey conducted by Gallup International Balkan.