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On 20 May 2007 we are electing the first Bulgarian MEPs who will represent our country till the regular elections for the seventh European Parliament in June 2009.
Till the accession of Bulgaria to the EU 18 members of the Bulgarian National Assembly were observers in the European Parliament, and after 1 January 2007 they acted as “temporary MEPs” before the regular elections for Bulgarian MEPs. By May 2007 they were 13 men and 5 women from the following parliamentary represented parties and coalitions:
| MEPs (by the elections for MEPs 2007) |
men |
women |
% women |
| Coalition for Bulgaria |
5 |
1 |
17% |
| National Movement Simeon II |
1 |
3 |
75% |
| Movement for Rights and Freedoms |
2 |
1 |
33% |
| Ataka Coalition |
1 |
0 |
0% |
| United Democratic Forces |
2 |
0 |
0% |
| Democrats for Strong Bulgaria |
1 |
0 |
0% |
| Bulgarian People's Union |
1 |
0 |
0% |
| Total |
13 |
5 |
28% |
What do the candidates’ lists look like today?
218 Bulgarian citizens have been registered in the Central Electoral Commission (CEC) in 16 parties, coalitions or as independent candidates for the euro vote on 20 May, out of which there are 83 women or 38%. In comparison, the candidate lists for the last parliamentary elections in 2005 included 28% of women.
What is the gender distribution on the lists? The chart bellow represents the men/women ratio on all candidate lists of the registered parties and coalitions as well as the independent candidates.
Three party lists are headed by women – those of GERB (Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria), National Movement Simeon II and the Movement for Rights and Freedoms, and there is 1 women as an independent candidate. 4 of the lists have more than 50% of women – GERB (72%), National Movement Simeon II (67%), Coalition of Bulgarian Social Democrats (56%) and Citizens' Union for New Bulgaria (56%). Most women from 1 to 5 place are on the lists of the National Movement Simeon II (4 women), GERB (3 women) and the Movement for Rights and Freedoms (3 women).
| No |
Men/women ratio from 1st to 5th place on the lists |
men |
women |
% women |
| 1 |
Green Party |
4 |
1 |
20% |
| 2 |
Union of Free Democrats |
5 |
0 |
0% |
| 3 |
Independent* |
1 |
0 |
0% |
| 4 |
Order, Rule of Law and Justice* |
1 |
0 |
0% |
| 5 |
Coalition of Bulgarian Social Democrats |
3 |
2 |
40% |
| 6 |
Democrats for Strong Bulgaria |
5 |
0 |
0% |
| 7 |
Platform of European Socialists - Bulgarian Socialist party and Movement for Social Humanity Party |
3 |
2 |
40% |
| 8 |
Union of Democratic Forces |
4 |
1 |
20% |
| 9 |
Agrarian People's Union |
5 |
0 |
0% |
| 10 |
GERB - Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria |
2 |
3 |
60% |
| 11 |
National Movement Simeon II |
1 |
4 |
80% |
| 12 |
Ataka |
5 |
0 |
0% |
| 13 |
Independent* |
0 |
1 |
100% |
| 14 |
Movement for Rights and Freedoms |
2 |
3 |
60% |
| 15 |
Communist Part of Bulgaria |
5 |
0 |
0% |
| 16 |
Citizens' Union for New Bulgaria |
3 |
2 |
40% |
| |
Total |
49 |
19 |
28% |
* Single candidate.
The charts and tables are prepared by the CWSP based on the information posted by the Central Electoral Commission on its official website: http://www.cikep2007.org/. The parties, coalitions and independent candidates are shown according to the number of the voting papers for their participation in the elections.
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