ELECTORAL ATTITUDES ACCORDING TO GALLUP INTERNATIONAL POLL
Less than two months ahead of the European elections, the main opposition party GERB and the ruling Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) continue to have almost equal electoral support. The rightwing GERB has kept its slight lead over the leftwing ruling BSP,...
Less than two months ahead of the European elections, the main opposition party GERB and the ruling Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) continue to have almost equal electoral support. The rightwing GERB has kept its slight lead over the leftwing ruling BSP, the latest public opinion poll by Gallup International showed on 10th April. The poll was conducted from 28 March to 3 April and was self-financed. The data was collected among 1013 Bulgarians.
Gallup’s forecsts that the three big parties GERB, BSP and the centrist liberal ‘Movement for Rights and Freedoms (MRF) will allocate 14 of the total 17 MEP seats in the European Parliament. MRF are likely to secure 3 mandates.
Gallup poll results show the support for GERB would be 20,9 % and 20% for BSP. The backing for MRF remains stable – 6,4%. The recently formed ‘Bulgaria without Censorship’ stands realistic chances to secure presence in the European Parliament with 5,3% support of the voters. It is followed by ‘ABV’ with 3,5%, NFSB with 2,4%, nationalist ‘Ataka’ party with 2,2% and the Reformist Bloc with 2,1%.
According to the poll, ‘ABV’ and the ‘Reformist Bloc’ are unlikely to pass the threshold required for the European elections. NFSB and ‘Ataka’ party will need serious efforts if they want to have a representative in the Euroepan Parliament.
