Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP)

Bulgaria's Central Electoral Commission (CEC) announced at a press conference on Wednesday evening the final official results of the European elections in the country. 

Every fourth voter in the European elections in Bulgaria used their right of preferential vote, shows data of the Central Electoral Commission (CEC). 

This was the first time the Bulgarians voters had the actual right to select a candidate who is further down on the party or coalition ballot list.  

Center-right GERB has kept its 11-percent lead on the Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) in the European elections as 100% of the voting protocols have been processed.

GERB has received 30.40% of Sunday's votes, with the ruling BSP trailing second as it gained 18.94%.

The first reactions to results of May 25's European elections in Bulgaria looked like a part of a literature workshop in a town that could be anywhere around the world. Let's have a single phrase taken out of it as an example:

GERB, Bulgaria's opposition which scored a landslide victory in Sunday's European elections, is to demand the office of EPP Deputy Chair.

The move was announced by GERB's leader and former Prime Minister Boyko Borisov at the press conference his party held on Monday following partial results of the vote.

Bulgaria’s Central Electoral Commission has already handled 85% of the voting protocols of Sunday's European Elections.

According to the latest results, GERB keeps its leading position with 30.66% of the votes, followed by Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) with 18.98%.

Bulgaria’s center-right opposition GERB has received 31.13% of the votes, according to the latest results by the Central Electoral Commission (CEC).

With 75.32% of voting protocols processed, GERB seems to be headed for election landslide. Ruling Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) comes second with 18.85% of the votes in Sunday's European elections.

Bulgaria's center-right opposition GERB is tipped for an overwhelming victory, according to latest results by the Central Electoral Commission (CEC).

With 13.6% of voting protocols processed, GERB has received some 33.45% of the support of voters in Sunday's European elections, as agency reports citing the election body.

The leader of the Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) Sergey Stanishev admitted that he was unsatisfied with the election results.

BSP comes second in the European elections according to the preliminary results, lagging around 10% behind the leading GERB party.

According to the latest parallel counts of Alpha Research, the center-right GERB party’s lead in the European elections is increasing.

The party of former Prime Minister Boyko Borisov has 29.9% of the votes, followed by the ruling Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) with 19.5%.