1997 Parliamentary Elections Date: 19 April 1997 Number of registered voters: 7,289,956 Turnout: 58.87% Votes: Total Cast: 4,291,258; Valid: 4,256,928

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PARTY/GROUPING	VOTES	%  VOTES	SEATS	% SEATS
ODS - Alliance of Democratic Forces - SDS, DP, BZNS, BSDP (Obedineni demokratichni sili - SDS, DP, BZNS, BSDP)	2223714	49.15	137	57.55
DemLev - Democratic Left - Bulgarian Socialist Party, Ecoglasnost Political Club (Demokratichna levitsa - BSP, PK 'Ekoglasnost')	939308	22.44	58	25.03
ONS - Alliance of National Salvation - Bulgarian Agrarian National Union - Nikola Petkov, Movement for Rights and Freedoms, Green Party, Party of the Democratic Centre, New Choice, Federation of the Bulgarian Kingdom (Obedinenie za natsionalno spasenie -	323429	9.44	19	9
EvroLev - Euroleft (Evrolevitsa)	234058	5.57	14	4.4
BBB - Bulgarian Business Block (Bulgarska biznes blok)	209796	5.27	12	4.02
BKP - Bulgarian Communist Party (Bulgarska komunisticheska partiya)	50864	1.3	0	0
OzaTsarya - Alliance for the King (Obedinenie za tsarya)	46765	1.12	0	0
BKhristK - Bulgarian Christian Coalition (Bulgarska khristiyanska koalitsiya)	26614	0.66	0	0
DPSpr. - Democratic Party of Justice in the Republic of Bulgaria (Demokraticheska partiya na spravedlivostta v RB)	20433	0.56	0	0
PBZheni - Party of Bulgarian Women (Partiya na bulgarskite zheni)	16061	0.41	0	0
LForum - Liberal Forum (Liberalen forum)	13638	0.33	0	0
KorDem - Crowned Democracy (Koronovana demokratsiya)	11747	0.29	0	0
BRSotsP - Bulgarian Workers' Socialist Party (Bulgarska rabotnicheska sotsialisticheska partiya)	10152	0.23	0	0
BZNS-ts - Bulgarian Agrarian National Union - Centre (Bulgarski zemedelski naroden suyuz - tsentur)	10062	0.25	0	0
DAR - Democratic Alternative for the Republic (Demokratichna alternativa za republikata)	9664	0.24	0	0
BPLiber - Bulgarian Party of Liberals (Bulgarska partiya liberali)	7281	0.19	0	0
BNRP - Bulgarian National-Radical Party (Bulgarska natsionalno-radikalna partiya)	7099	0.18	0	0
BNDP - Bulgarian National Democratic Party (Bulgarska natsionalna demokraticheska partiya)	6875	0.17	0	0
NPLF - Popular patriotic Left Front (Naroden patriotichen lyav front)	6795	0.17	0	0
BRSelP - Bulgarian Workers'-Agrarian Party (Bulgarska rabotnichesko-selska partiya)	6754	0.17	0	0
SDR - Union for Democratic Development - SDR (Suyuz za demokratichno razvitie - SDR)	6377	0.15	0	0
KhDS - Christian-democratic Union (Khristiyandemokratichen suyuz)	5912	0.15	0	0
NapredB - Forward Bulgaria' Coalition (Koalitsiya 'Napred Bulgariya)	5886	0.16	0	0
SKoopP - Free Co-operative Party (Svobodna kooperativna partiya)	5534	0.14	0	0
DemLiga - Democratic League (Demokraticheska liga)	4386	0.11	0	0
NovaDem - New Democracy (Nova Demokratsiya)	3720	0.09	0	0
Preobr. - Transfiguration Forum (Forum 'Preobrazhenie')	3654	0.09	0	0
BDPESShch - Bulgarian Democratic Party for European and World States (Bulgarska demokraticheska partiya za evropeiski i svetovin shchati)	3614	0.09	0	0
BNEP-VT - Bulgarian National Ecological Party - Veliko Turnovo (Bulgarska natsionalna ekologichna partiya - Veliko Turnovo)	3437	0.08	0	0
BZelFed - Bulgarian Green Federation (Bulgarska zelena federatsiya)	3347	0.08	0	0
BRMP - Bulgarian Revolutionary Youth Party (Bulgarska revolyutsionna mladezhka partiya)	2446	0.05	0	0
BNDVPut - Bulgarian National Movement for the Eternal Path (Bulgarsko natsionalno dvizhenie na vechniya put)	2438	0.05	0	0
BOPNS - Bulgarian Fatherland Party - National Union (Bulgarska otechestvena partiya - Natsionalen suyuz)	2301	0.05	0	0
FPSB - Front of Progressive Forces of Bulgaria (Front na progresivnite sili v Bulgariya)	1135	0.03	0	0
ON-DO - Alliance of the Nation - Movement of the Downtrodden, 'ON-DO' Political Party (Obedinenie na natsiyata - dvizhenie na onepravdanite, PP 'ON-DO')	670	0.01	0	0
NarPart - Popular Party (Narodna partiya)
NPvSDS - Bulgarian Agrarian National Union - Nikola Petvok in the Union of Democratic Forces (BZNS - Nikola Petkov v SDS)
PDP - Party of Democratic Change (Partiya na demokratichnite promeni)
SBO - Union of Bulgarian Communities (SBO) (Suyuz na bulgarskite obshchnosti (SBO))
Independents	19335	0.53	0	0
Total	4255301	100	240	100

¹ODS (Obedineni Demokratichni Sili - United Democratic Forces) = SDS (Sajuz na Demokratichni Sili - Union of Democratic Forces) + BZNS (Balgarski Zemedelski Naroden Sajuz - Bulgarian Agrarian People's Union) + DP (Demokraticheska Partiya - Democratic Party) + BSDP (Balgarska Sotsialna Demokraticheska Partiya - Bulgarian Social Democratic Party)
²DL (Democratichnata Levitsa - Democratic Left) = BSP (Balgarska Socialisticheska Partiya - Bulgarian Socialist Party) + DE (Dvijenie Ekoglasnost - Ecoglasnost Movement) + BZNS-AS (Balgarski Zemedelski Naroden Sajuz - Aleksander Stambolijnski - Bulgarian Agrarian People's Union - Alexander Stambolijnski)
³ONS (Obedinenie za Nacionalno Spasenie - Union for National Salvation)= DPS (Dvijenie za Pravata i Svobodie -Movement for Rights and Freedoms) + ZP (Zelena Partiya - Green Party) + SNI (Sajuz Nov Izbor - Union New Choice)

SOURCES:
- Democracy Traditions Foundation http://www.math.bas.bg/dt/;
- Georgi Karasimeonov (1998) 'Bulgaria' In The handbook of political change in Eastern Europe, ed. Sten Berglund, Tomas Hellén, Frank H. Aarebrot, Cheltenham: Elgar.
- Bulgaria Online http://www.online.bg/main/politics.htm