Abstract

BANKOV, Petar. Bulgarian parliamentary elections in 2017: business as usual. Relações Internacionais [online]. 2017, n.56, pp.13-37. ISSN 1645-9199.  https://doi.org/10.23906/ri2017.56a02.

The 2017 early parliamentary elections in Bulgaria were held in circumstances of relative economic stability, but clear political uncertainty due to the inability of the fragmented party system to respond to public discontent with the stagnating standard of living and deteriorating state of democracy. The election results suggest a continuation of this situation, returning the centre-right Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria on power with an old-new coalition-partner, the nationalist United Patriots. The centre-left Bulgarian Socialist Party improved its performance, while the parties advocating radical proliberal democratic reform failed to enter parliament.

Keywords : Bulgaria; early elections; parliament; populism.

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