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38% of adults in Bulgaria will go to the polls in October election: Survey

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If the election for parliament were to be held today, 7 political formations are certain to enter the National Assembly, indicates a poll by Trend agency, commissioned by 24 Chasa daily.

GERB/SDS comes first with an approval rating of 24.8%. Vazrazhdane and We Continue the Change/Democratic Bulgaria (PP/DB) vie for the second position with 15.6% and 15.1% respectively. The two Movement for Rights and Freedoms (DPS) factions - Alliance for Rights and Freedoms, affiliated with Ahmed Dogan, and DPS-New Beginning, affiliated with Delyan Peevski earn 8.5% and 5.8% respectively. There Is Such a People (ITN) and BSP-United Left are neck-and-neck with 6.9%. Two political parties come close to clearing the 4% threshold for entering parliament – MECH with 3.5% and Velichie with 3.4%. Two-thirds of the respondents say that after the election, the parties should make compromises and form a regular government.  

The Trend survey was commissioned by 24 Chasa and was conducted 17-24 September, among 1,003 adults in a direct “face to face” interview.



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