Bulgaria to elect President and new parliament, third parliamentary election this year
Sakshi Education
Bulgaria is heading for polls to elect a parliament and a president in a bid to break a months-long political deadlock. Two general elections held in April and July this year failed to elect the government as no party could garner the required percentage of votes needed to form the government. Today's polls will be the third attempt to elect 240 lawmakers.
Bulgaria to elect President and new parliament, third parliamentary election this year
No party is expected to win an outright majority in today's parliamentary elections, opening the door to more difficult coalition talks in a deeply divided parliament. A member of both NATO and the European Union, Bulgaria has been plagued by rampant corruption since overthrowing communism more than three decades ago. It is the EU's poorest member and routinely comes in at the bottom of the bloc for perceptions of corruption and media freedom.
