The new centre-right Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria party (GERB) of Sofia mayor Boyko Borisov won Bulgaria's general elections with 39.7 percent support, official results showed, with 99.88 percent of the ballots counted. ... The outgoing Socialists of Prime Minister Sergey Stanishev suffered a stinging defeat, garnering only 17.72 percent support. They had won the last election in 2005 with 33.98 percent.The Turkish minority MRF party, a junior coalition partner in the last government, won 14.47 percent. The ultra nationalist Ataka party came fourth with 9.37 percent.Two other right-wing parties also entered parliament -- the Blue Coalition with 6.73 percent and the newly-formed Order, Lawfulness, Justice party with 4.13 percent. ... The centist NMSP party of former king Simeon Saxe Coburg, that formed a cabinet in 2001 and was the third partner in the outgoing cabinet, failed to pass the four-percent threshold to enter the legislature. It had come out second in 2005 with 21.83 percent.
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The outgoing Socialists of Prime Minister Sergey Stanishev suffered a stinging defeat, garnering only 17.72 percent support. They had won the last election in 2005 with 33.98 percent.
The Turkish minority MRF party, a junior coalition partner in the last government, won 14.47 percent. The ultra nationalist Ataka party came fourth with 9.37 percent.
Two other right-wing parties also entered parliament -- the Blue Coalition with 6.73 percent and the newly-formed Order, Lawfulness, Justice party with 4.13 percent.
The centist NMSP party of former king Simeon Saxe Coburg, that formed a cabinet in 2001 and was the third partner in the outgoing cabinet, failed to pass the four-percent threshold to enter the legislature. It had come out second in 2005 with 21.83 percent.
