site.btaTotal of 74.6% of Bulgarians Would Not Sell Their Vote, Centre for Analyses and Marketing Survey Shows

Total of 74.6% of Bulgarians Would Not Sell Their Vote, Centre for Analyses and Marketing
Survey Shows

Sofia, September 16 (BTA) - A nationally representative survey
of the Centre for Analyses and Marketing shows that 74.6 per
cent of the 1,2021 respondents would not agree to sell their
vote. A total of 4.4 per cent would vote for a specific
political force for not less than 500 leva, 0.7 per cent for not
less than 200 leva, 2.9 per cent for not less than 100 leva,
and 2 per cent for at least 50 leva. The results of the survey,
conducted between October 5 and 10, were presented at a
BTA-hosted news conference Tuesday.

In comparison to the pre-election period in 2013, the number of
people willing to sell their vote has not changed significantly,
but the percentage of respondents ready to sell their vote for
less money (50 leva) has increased: last year it stood at 0.5
per cent, Yuliy Pavlov of the Centre for Analyses and Marketing
(CAM) said.

Forty per cent of the respondents said they would definitely
vote at the October 5 early general elections and they have
chosen for which political force to cast their vote, 19.9 per
cent will vote but do not know for whom, 16 per cent are
wondering whether to vote or not, and 19.8 per cent said they
would not vote. According to the CAM, around 55 per cent of
Bulgarians will vote, or between 3,100,000 and 3,600,000 people.


Data show that 36 per cent of voters would support GERB, 22 per
cent BSP-Left Bulgaria, 15 per cent the Movement for Rights and
Freedoms (MRF), 6 per cent the Reformist Bloc, 4.8 per cent the
Patriotic Front, and 4.1 per cent Bulgaria without Censorship
(BwC). A total of 3.4 per cent of voters would support Ataka and
3.2 per cent the ABV movement, leaving these two formations out
of the new National Assembly.

Respectively, GERB would have 98 MPs, the Left 60, the MRF 41,
the Reformist Block 16, the Patriotic Front 13, and BwC 12 MPs.
Should only five parties make it to the next parliament, GERB
would have 103 MPs, BSP 63, the MRF 43, the Reformist Bloc 17,
and the Patriotic Front 14. With four parties in the 43nd
National Assembly, GERB would have 109 MPs, the Left 67 MPs, the
MRF 46 MPs, and the Reformist Bloc 18 MPs.

A total of 28.6 per cent of the respondents stated they would
rather use the option of preferential voting, 25.1 per cent said
they would rather not, and 24.6 per cent have not decided yet.
Pavlov recalled that prior to the European Parliament elections
in May, 50 per cent of respondents had claimed they would use
this option.

A total of 31.2 per cent of the respondents said it would be
better for Bulgaria to have a one-party government after the
elections, 20.3 per cent prefer a coalition cabinet of two
parties, and 19.9 per cent want a coalition cabinet of three or
more political forces.

The survey shows that not a single politician has a positive
rating. European Commissioner Kristalina Georgieva heads the
ranks of politicians with 32.6 per cent confidence, followed by
Sofia Mayor Yordanka Fandakova with 28.2 per cent, GERB leader
Boyko Borissov with 27.4 per cent, and President Rosen
Plevneliev with 25.9 per cent. The confidence in Prosecutor
General Sotir Tsatsarov stands at 15.8 per cent and in Bulgarian
National Bank Governor Ivan Iskrov at 4.1 per cent.