The election to the Bulgarian legislature was held on Sunday.

The Central Election Commission is reporting (in Bulgarian) the following results for the proportional element of the election (2005 in brackets):

GERB (Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria) – 39.71%
Coalition for Bulgaria (led by the Bulgarian Socialist Party) – 17.7% (31%)
DPS (Movement for Rights and Freedoms – ethnic Turkish party) – 14.46% (12.8%)
АТАКА (National Union Attack – right-wing populist) – 9.36% (8.1%)
Blue Coalition (Union of Democratic Forces/Democrats for a Strong Bulgaria – right-wing) – 6.76% (7.7% and 6.4%)
RZS (Order, Law and Justice Party) – 4.13%
Lider (right-wing) – 3.26%
NDSV: National Movement for Stability and Progress – 3.01% (19.9%)

No other party won more than 1%. The turnout was 60.2%.

There is a nice cartographic representation of the regional results at Electoral Geography.

Adam Carr has posted the seat distribution here.

In the majoritarian element (an innovation this time around), GERB won 26 of the 31 seats. The remainder were won by DPS/MRF. There is a piece on the electoral system here.

Overall, the results were a clear anti-BSP vote. The NDSV was also badly hurt by participating in government during the recession. Its leader, Simeon of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, has quit, while the party will no longer have any parliamentary representation.

The result is almost certain to bring about a period of cohabitation in Bulgaria. The president, Georgi Parvanov, is from the BSP. The current coalition brought together the BSP, the NDSV, and the DPS/MRF. The leader of GERB and mayor of Sofia, Boiko Borissov, is likely to be the new PM. Sofia Echo is reporting that he is beginning coalition talks with the Blue Coalition. He also said that he would be willing to negotiate with any party apart from the BSP, and the MDF.