At stake in this election:

• 240 seats in the National Assembly (Narodno Sobranie)

Description of government structure:

• Chief of State: President Petar STOYANOV
• Head of Government: Prime Minister Ivan KOSTOV
• Assembly: Bulgaria has a unicameral National Assembly (Narodno Sobranie) with 240 seats.

Description of electoral system:

• The President is elected by absolute majority vote through a two-round system to serve a 5-year term.
• The Prime Minister is elected by parliament.
• In the National Assembly (Narodno Sobranie) 240 members are elected through a closed party-list majority system to serve 4-year terms.

Main parties in the electoral race:

• Coalition: Simeon II National Movement
  • Leader: Simeon SACHS-KOBURGGOTTA
  • Seats won in this election: 120
  • Seats won in last election: N/A
• Coalition: United Democratic Forces (ODS)
  • Leader: Ivan KOSTOV
  • Seats won in this election: 51
  • Seats won in last election: 137
• Coalition: For Bulgaria
  • Leader: Georgi PURVANOV
  • Seats won in this election: 48
  • Seats won in last election: 58
• Party: Movement for Rights and Freedoms (DPS)
  • Leader: Ahmed DOGAN
  • Seats won in this election: 21
  • Seats won in last election: 19

Last Parliamentary election:

• Parliamentary elections were last held on April 19, 1997. There were 240 seats decided in the last election.

Population and number of registered voters:

• Population: 8,020,282 (2001)
• Registered Voters: 6,916,151 ( 2001 )

Gender Data:

·         Female Population: 4,114,100 (2001)

·         Is Bulgaria a signatory to CEDAW: Yes (17 July 1980)

·         Has Bulgaria ratified CEDAW: Yes (8 February 1982)

·         Gender Quota: No

·         Female candidates in this election: Yes 

·         Number of Female Parliamentarians: 63 (following the 2001 election)

·         Human Development Index Position: 59 (2014)

·         Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI) Categorization: Low (2014)

Disability Data: 

·         Is Bulgaria a signatory to CRPD: Yes (27 September 2007)

·         Has Bulgaria ratified CRPD: Yes (22 March 2012)

·         Population with a disability: 1,203,042 (est.)