The Central Election Commission has announced the distribution of seats for Bulgarian parties and coalitions which ran in the European Parliament elections on June 9. Bulgaria will have 17 MEPs. GERB-SDS won 5 seats, the Movement for Rights and Freedoms (DPS) – 3 seats, We Continue the Change - Democratic Bulgaria (PP-DB) – 3 seats, Vazrazhdane – 3 seats, the Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP for Bulgaria) – 2 seats, and There Is Such a People – 1 seat.
Former National Assembly Speaker Rosen Zhelyazkov who led the GERB-SDS list gave up his seat. Dzhevdet Chakarov and Iskra Mihaylova from DPS also gave up their seats. The names of the new MEPs are as follows:
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