National Assembly of Bulgaria

As expected, the left-nationalist party Ataka refused to have government consultations with the centre-right GERB.

According to the party leader Volen Siderov, the Ataka representatives tried to contact the GERB with a demand for live television broadcast of the negotiations, but did not receive an official response and cancelled the consultations.

Boyko Borisov's GERB party is struggling to assemble a working majority in parliament after winning most votes in Bulgaria's general elections on October 5.

Rumen Yonchev, from Bulgaria without Censorship, said his centrist coalition will offer "preliminary support" to the Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria, GERB.

Conservative GERB party and the centrist coalition Bulgaria without Censorship are set to meet for consultations in Parliament.

BwC's Rumen Yonchev told private national NOVA TV his coalition was offering "preliminary support" to the center-right party.

Vanya Nusheva from Transparency International has commented that Bulgaria cannot change election laws every time some party is dissatisfied with the results as the country would end up with an unsustainable election system.

Bulgaria should have either a center-right alliance or a grand coalition, interim Prime Minister Georgi Bliznashki believes.

According to the statement of the Central Electoral Commission (CEC), Bulgaria's elections watchdog, lawmaker seats in the 43rd National Assembly are distributed as follows:

Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria (GERB) - 84 seats

Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) - 39 seats

Movement for Rights and Freedoms (DPS) - 38 seats

Reformist Bloc (RB) - 23 seats

Conservative GERB party, which won the early elections on October 5, will hold a first round of negotiations on a next cabinet on Monday, October 13, party officials say.

All votes have been processed as of 6.30 PM on Monday, the Central Electoral Commission (CEC) announced a day after Bulgaria's early elections were held.

Results show GERB leads with 32.67%. Second comes the Socialist party (BSP) with 15.40%, followed by the DPS - 14.84% - and the Reformist bloc - 8.89%.

GERB is leading in October 5's early elections in Bulgaria with 35 percent, according Exacta Research Group, the agency that grew out of the national pollster closed down by the previous legislature.

Eight Bulgarian political parties have won enough votes in Sunday's snap elections to enter Parliament, an exit poll by Gallup International showed.