National Assembly of Bulgaria

Five parties will certainly have seats in next Bulgarian parliament, shows a Gallup poll, ordered by the bTV national channel.

The survey took place between September 27 and 30, among more than 1000 adult Bulgarian citizens.

Six parties are expected to enter the Bulgarian National Assembly after early elections on Sunday, polling agency Sova Harris predicts.

Three political parties are certain to enter Bulgaria's next Parliament, including center-right party Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria (GERB), the Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) and liberal party Movement for Rights and Freedoms (DPS), according to Gallup International.

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A total of 5 parties and coalitions are tipped to make it into Bulgaria's National Assembly after the October 5 early elections, data by polling agency Alpha Research [BG] shows.

The Movement For Rights and Freedoms (DPS) are standing every chance of getting 40 MP seats within the next legislature, an expert has predicted.

Prof. Mihail Konstantinov, formerly election watchdog member and ex-head of the state company counting the ballots, has put the DPS's projected result at 550 000 votes.

Conservative party GERB would win a general vote if it were held today, a polling agency announced Sunday.

The results of its recent survey show that a total of four parties are the most likely to enter Parliament.

Bulgarian lawmakers have rejected a motion that would have revoked the secrecy protecting credit files of politicians at Corporate Commercial Bank (KTB).

The bill was proposed by Yordan Tsonev, an MP from the liberal Movement for Rights and Freedoms (DPS) who was also the Chair of the outgoing Parliament's Budget and Finance Committee.

Galen Monev, a lawmaker from far-right Ataka party, has deposited his resignation as part of the group in Bulgaria's Parliament.

Monev submitted his request on the day when the National Assembly held its last (and extraordinary) session to vote on updates to the state budget and healthcare expenditures.

In the last days of outgoing 42-nd National Assembly, the MP from the Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) Martin Zahariev tabled a draft law on space exploration. 

Today's plenary session has been canceled due to a lack of quorum as Bulgaria's opposition party GERB refused to register in Parliament.

A total of 95 MPs from Bulgaria's Socialist Party (BSP) and from the Movement for Rights and Freedoms (DPS) have attended Thursday's session. Parliament Speaker Mihail Mikov has scheduled the next hearing for Friday.