Political organizations

A total of 162 ballot boxes will be set up in Türkiye for Bulgarian citizens residing in the country as Bulgaria heads to the polls for parliamentary elections for the fifth time in the last two years.

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and his closest aides are holding strategy sessions to shape the ruling center-right New Democracy party's election strategy.

If the elections were held in the last ten days of March, the result would be as follows: "We Continue the Change-Democratic Bulgaria" (WCC-DB) and GERB-SDS would have similar support with 26.9% and 26.5%, Movement for Rights and Freedoms (DPS) and "Vazrazhdane" would contest the third place, respectively with 13.3% and 13%. In fifth place is the Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) with 7.2%.

Parity for first and second place in the upcoming elections on April 2, according to a study by "Alpha Research" days before the vote.

GERB-SDS and "We Continue the Change - Democratic Bulgaria" (WCC-DB) have extremely close results, within the statistical error - 25.9% and 25.4%, respectively.

The coalition "We Continue the Change-Democratic Bulgaria" (WCC-DB) leads with 1.4% over GERB-SDS, there is no clear winner in the parliamentary elections on April 2. 23.7% of voters support WCC-DB, GERB-SDS are second with 22.3 percent.

Data from the national "Nasoca" survey shows that the two leading political forces are extremely close, and with the expected turnout, it is possible that a relatively small number of votes could lead to a shift at the top.

The chairman of the Republican People's Party (CHP) and presidential candidate of the Nation Alliance, Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, visited Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) co-chairs Pervin Buldan and Mithat Sancar on March 20 in their group hall at the parliament.

"This whole crisis, that the state is bankrupt and that the leva-euro exchange rate is at risk, was really a piece of fake news, to which the BNB immediately reacted, and the next day the finance minister retracted her words," said the co-chairman of "We Continue the Change" Kiril Petkov on Nova TV.

Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) chair and Nation Alliance's presidential candidate, paid a condolence visit on March 16 to the families of Turkish Cypriots students who lost their lives under the rubble at Adıyaman Isias Hotel after the Feb. 6 earthquakes.

Five political formations are certain to participate in the next National Assembly. However, the winner remains unclear. Three parties remain below the parliamentary barrier, but with support above 3%. This is shown by the data from a study by "Trend" commissioned by the newspaper "24 Chasa" about the electoral attitudes of Bulgarians.