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The election of the 5th delegation from Bulgaria to the European Parliament was held on 26 May 2019.[1][2] All seats were up for election. The country forms a single constituency, with members elected by proportional representation using open lists.
| Members of the European Parliament for Bulgaria | |
|---|---|
| Observers | (2005) |
| Delegation | (2007) |
| 6th term | (2007) |
| 7th term | (2009) |
| 8th term | (2014) |
| 9th term | (2019) |
| 10th term | (2024) |
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| Group | 17 | National party | 17 |
|---|---|---|---|
| EPP | 7 | GERB | 6 |
| Democrats for a Strong Bulgaria (DSB) | 1 | ||
| PES | 4 | Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) | 4 |
| ALDE | 4 | Movement for Rights and Freedoms (DPS) | 4 |
| ECR | 2 | Bulgaria Without Censorship | 1 |
| IMRO – BNM (VMRO) | 1 |
The opinion poll results below were recalculated from the original data and exclude polls that chose "I will not vote" or "I am uncertain" options.
| Fieldwork date | Polling firm | Sample size |
GERB SDS |
BSP | DPS | VMRO | NFSB | Attack | ABV | DB | Volya | Others | NOTA | Lead |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 May 2014 | 2014 EU Election | 30.4[a] | 18.9[b] | 17.3 | 10.7[c] | 3.1 | 3.0 | 4.0 | — | — | 12.7 | – | 11.5 | |
| 26 March 2017 | 2017 Election | 32.7[a] | 27.2[d] | 9.0 | 9.1 | 1.6[e] | 5.4[f] | 4.2 | 8.3 | 2.5 | 5.5 | |||
| 20–25 Jul 2018 | Barometer | 846 | 36.1 | 29.4 | 15.3 | 17.4 | – | – | – | 1.8 | – | 6.8 | ||
| 2-7 Nov 2018 | AFIS | 1010 | 30.2 | 32.2 | 12.0 | 4.6 | – | – | 2.3 | 9.2 | 9.5 | 2.0 | ||
| 10-17 Dec 2018 | Exacta | 1000 | 35.8 | 31.7 | 7.8 | 5.8 | 1.5 | 3.8 | 1.5 | 12.2 | – | 4.1 | ||
| 14-19 Dec 2018 | Alpha Research | 1027 | 33.2 | 30.9 | 10.6 | 6.0 | – | 5.6 | 3.9 | 9.8 | – | 2.3 | ||
| 10-17 Jan 2019 | Trend | 1008 | 33.3 | 31.1 | 12.6 | 6.4 | – | 3.6 | 2.9 | 10.1 | – | 2.2 | ||
| 12-21 Jan 2019 | Market Links | 1007 | 37.8 | 27.1 | 10.0 | 8.5 | – | 6.5 | 1.3 | 8.7 | – | 10.7 | ||
| 14-19 Jan 2019 | AFIS | 1010 | 32.9 | 34.6 | 11.0 | 4.7 | – | 1.4 | 1.4 | 6.0 | 8.0 | 1.7 | ||
| 17-21 Jan 2019 | Sova Harris | 985 | 37.7[g] | 32.6 | 9.4 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 3.0 | 1.4 | 3.2[f] | 2.9 | 7.1 | – | 5.0 |
| 26 Jan-1 Feb 2019 | Mediana | 810 | 35.0[g] | 33.0 | 4.9 | 10.6 | 3.0 | 2.8 | 3.2 | 7.1 | – | 2.0 | ||
| 5-13 Feb 2019 | Trend | 1007 | 33.6 | 31.2 | 11.7 | 6.8 | – | 4.1 | 2.7 | 3.2 | 6.6 | 2.4 | ||
| 15-25 Feb 2019 | Market Links | 1018 | 37.3 | 32.8 | 7.3 | 4.6 | – | 7.3 | 1.5 | 9.2 | – | 4.5 | ||
| 19-28 Feb 2019 | Exacta | 1000 | 35.1[g] | 29.0 | 10.3 | 9.6 | 1.5 | 3.7 | 1.5 | 9.3 | – | 6.1 | ||
| 22-28 Feb 2019 | AFIS | 1010 | 31.1 | 36.9 | 12.8 | 7.2 | – | 1.6 | – | 4.2 | 4.5 | 5.8 | ||
| 6-11 Mar 2019 | Sova Harris | 1000 | 38.2[g] | 30.6 | 11.5 | 3.0 | 1.3 | 3.0 | 1.3 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 1.3 | 3.5 | 7.6 |
| 6-13 Mar 2019 | Trend | 1005 | 33.6 | 30.4 | 12.1 | 4.4 | 1.7 | 2.3 | – | 4.4 | 3.2 | 3.0 | 4.9 | 3.2 |
| 22-26 Mar 2019 | Alpha Research | 1011 | 33.9 | 33.4 | 10.6 | 4.1 | 2.2 | 2.1 | 1.2 | 5.1 | 1.9 | 5.5 | – | 0.5 |
| 4-9 Apr 2019 | Mediana | 1001 | 31.5 | 32.1 | 9.5 | 4.4 | 2.1 | 3.8 | 3.1 | 2.9 | 4.9 | 5.8 | – | 0.6 |
| 5-11 Apr 2019 | Gallup International | 1015 | 31.0 | 32.1 | 11.1 | 5.0 | 1.4 | 1.9 | 1.5 | 4.5 | 3.5 | 5.8 | 2.2 | 1.1 |
| 5-12 Apr 2019 | Trend | 1008 | 30.5 | 31.3 | 12.7 | 5.5 | 1.3 | 2.0 | 1.3 | 4.3 | 3.6 | 3.1 | 4.4 | 0.8 |
| 12-22 Apr 2019 | Market Links | 1049 | 35.3 | 35.8 | 7.0 | 5.7 | – | – | – | 5.3 | 1.9 | 8.8 | – | 0.5 |
| 16-22 Apr 2019 | Sova Harris | 995 | 36.1 | 35.0 | 11.4 | 4.0 | – | 3.0 | 1.3 | 2.1 | 4.0 | 3.0 | – | 1.1 |
| 26 Apr 2019 | Start of official election campaign | |||||||||||||
| 20-30 Apr 2019 | Alpha Research | 1015 | 32.2 | 32.7 | 9.3 | 6.0 | 1.7 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 4.5 | 1.7 | 7.3 | 2.2 | 0.5 |
| 29 Apr-4 May 2019 | Specter | 834 | 32.5 | 33.2 | 8.5 | 4.2 | 4.0 | 1.2 | 2.7 | 4.2 | 1.9 | 4.5 | 3.1 | 0.7 |
| 2-7 May 2019 | Mediana | 1008 | 29.9 | 31.9 | 10.7 | 4.7 | 3.9 | 2.6 | 3.8 | 3.4 | 4.9 | 4.2 | – | 2.0 |
| 7-14 May 2019 | Specter | 993 | 33.0 | 33.4 | 8.7 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 1.3 | 3.5 | 4.1 | 1.7 | 3.3 | 2.7 | 0.4 |
| 8–13 May 2019 | Sova Harris | 1000 | 34.4 | 33.5 | 13.7 | 4.4 | – | 3.8 | 1.5 | 2.1 | 4.7 | 1.9 | – | 0.9 |
| 10-15 May 2019 | AFIS Archived 2019-05-23 at the Wayback Machine | 1604 | 24.5 | 25.7 | 13.2 | 4.4 | 1.6 | 2.6 | 3.2 | 2.5 | 5.5 | 6.7 | 8.7 | 1.2 |
| 11–17 May 2019 | Trend | 1007 | 31.5 | 30.4 | 12.8 | 5.8 | 1.3 | 2.0 | 2.4 | 4.2 | 4.8 | 2.5 | 2.3 | 1.1 |
| 11–19 May 2019 | Market Links | 1024 | 33.8 | 31.4 | 7.9 | 6.5 | 2.4 | – | 1.4 | 5.4 | 3.3 | 7.9 | – | 2.4 |
| 17–21 May 2019 | Mediana | 1008 | 31.1 | 29.8 | 11.4 | 5.6 | 2.6 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 2.6 | 5.1 | 4.7 | 1.3 | |
| 18–22 May 2019 | Exacta | 1000 | 32.4 | 27.3 | 13.3 | 6.5 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.8 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 5.9 | – | 5.1 |
| 19–22 May 2019 | Alpha Research | 1016 | 31.1 | 26.6 | 13.9 | 6.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 3.2 | 4.2 | 4.9 | 6.1 | – | 4.5 |
| 26 May 2019 | Election results | 30.1 | 23.5 | 16.1 | 7.1 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 5.9 | 3.5 | 7.8 | 3.0 | 6.6 | |
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GERB—SDS | 607,194 | 30.13 | 6 | 0 | |
| Bulgarian Socialist Party | 474,160 | 23.53 | 5 | +1 | |
| Movement for Rights and Freedoms | 323,510 | 16.05 | 3 | –1 | |
| IMRO – Bulgarian National Movement | 143,830 | 7.14 | 2 | +1 | |
| Democratic Bulgaria | 118,484 | 5.88 | 1 | +1 | |
| Volya Movement | 70,830 | 3.51 | 0 | New | |
| Patriots for Valeri Simeonov (NFSB–SEK) | 22,421 | 1.11 | 0 | 0 | |
| NDSV–New Time | 21,315 | 1.06 | 0 | 0 | |
| Attack | 20,906 | 1.04 | 0 | 0 | |
| Revival | 20,319 | 1.01 | 0 | New | |
| Coalition for Bulgaria | 16,759 | 0.83 | 0 | 0 | |
| Democrats for Responsibility, Solidarity and Tolerance | 7,130 | 0.35 | 0 | New | |
| People's Voice | 6,136 | 0.30 | 0 | 0 | |
| Party of Greens | 6,051 | 0.30 | 0 | 0 | |
| Movement 21 | 4,141 | 0.21 | 0 | New | |
| Reload Bulgaria | 3,907 | 0.19 | 0 | New | |
| Together Movement | 3,731 | 0.19 | 0 | New | |
| VOLT | 3,500 | 0.17 | 0 | New | |
| Direct Democracy | 2,425 | 0.12 | 0 | New | |
| Bulgarian National Unification | 2,370 | 0.12 | 0 | New | |
| Rise (RDP–ENP–BNF Chicago–SSD–BDS R) | 1,855 | 0.09 | 0 | New | |
| Independents | 73,317 | 3.64 | 0 | 0 | |
| None of the above | 61,029 | 3.03 | – | – | |
| Total | 2,015,320 | 100.00 | 17 | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 2,015,320 | 96.17 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 80,238 | 3.83 | |||
| Total votes | 2,095,558 | 100.00 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 6,378,694 | 32.85 | |||
| Source: CIK | |||||
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