# 2019 European Parliament election in Bulgaria

The election of the 5th delegation from Bulgaria to the European Parliament was held on 26 May 2019. All seats were up for election. The country forms a single constituency, with members elected by proportional representation using open lists.

## Outgoing delegation

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) |
Women :
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Bulgarian parties in the European Parliament in the eighth legislature (2014–2019) :
| Group | 17 | National party | 17 |
| EPP | 7 | GERB | 6 |
| EPP | 7 | 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 |
| ECR | 2 | IMRO – BNM (VMRO) | 1 |

## Opinion polls
### Vote share

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 | 2014 EU Election | 30.4 | 18.9 | 17.3 | 10.7 | 3.1 | 3.0 | 4.0 | — | — | 12.7 | – | 11.5 |
| 26 March 2017 | 2017 Election | 2017 Election | 32.7 | 27.2 | 9.0 | 9.1 | 9.1 | 9.1 | 1.6 | 5.4 | 4.2 | 8.3 | 2.5 | 5.5 |
| 20–25 Jul 2018 | Barometer | 846 | 36.1 | 29.4 | 15.3 | 17.4 | 17.4 | 17.4 | – | – | – | 1.8 | – | 6.8 |
| 2-7 Nov 2018 | AFIS | 1010 | 30.2 | 32.2 | 12.0 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.6 | – | – | 2.3 | 9.2 | 9.5 | 2.0 |
| 10-17 Dec 2018 | Exacta | 1000 | 35.8 | 31.7 | 7.8 | 5.8 | 5.8 | 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 | 6.0 | 6.0 | – | 5.6 | 3.9 | 9.8 | – | 2.3 |
| 10-17 Jan 2019 | Trend | 1008 | 33.3 | 31.1 | 12.6 | 6.4 | 6.4 | 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 | 8.5 | 8.5 | – | 6.5 | 1.3 | 8.7 | – | 10.7 |
| 14-19 Jan 2019 | AFIS | 1010 | 32.9 | 34.6 | 11.0 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.7 | – | 1.4 | 1.4 | 6.0 | 8.0 | 1.7 |
| 17-21 Jan 2019 | Sova Harris | 985 | 37.7 | 32.6 | 9.4 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 3.0 | 1.4 | 3.2 | 2.9 | 7.1 | – | 5.0 |
| 26 Jan-1 Feb 2019 | Mediana | 810 | 35.0 | 33.0 | 4.9 | 10.6 | 10.6 | 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 | 6.8 | 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 | 4.6 | 4.6 | – | 7.3 | 1.5 | 9.2 | – | 4.5 |
| 19-28 Feb 2019 | Exacta | 1000 | 35.1 | 29.0 | 10.3 | 9.6 | 9.6 | 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 | 7.2 | 7.2 | – | 1.6 | – | 4.2 | 4.5 | 5.8 |
| 6-11 Mar 2019 | Sova Harris | 1000 | 38.2 | 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 | Start of official election campaign | Start of official election campaign | Start of official election campaign | Start of official election campaign | Start of official election campaign | Start of official election campaign | Start of official election campaign | Start of official election campaign | Start of official election campaign | Start of official election campaign | Start of official election campaign | Start of official election campaign | 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 | 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 | 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 |
* 1 2 Results for GERB only; SDS appeared separately in 2014 and 2017 as part of the Reformist Bloc.
* ↑ As part of Coalition for Bulgaria.
* ↑ As part of a coalition between Bulgaria Without Censorship, VMRO and several smaller parties.
* ↑ As part of BSP for Bulgaria.
* ↑ As ABV-Movement 21
* 1 2 Combined results for DSB and DaB
* 1 2 3 4 Combined results for GERB and SDS

## Results

| Party | 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 | None of the above | 61,029 | 3.03 | – | – |
| Total | Total | 2,015,320 | 100.00 | 17 | 0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 2,015,320 | 96.17 | | |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 80,238 | 3.83 | | |
| Total votes | Total votes | 2,095,558 | 100.00 | | |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 6,378,694 | 32.85 | | |
| Source: CIK ||||||