site.bta43.92 Per cent of Bulgarians Voting Abroad Favour Movement for Rights and Freedoms

121 POLITICS-ELECTIONS-BULGARIANS VOTING ABROAD

43.92 Per cent of
Bulgarians Voting Abroad
Favour Movement for Rights and Freedoms


Sofia, October 6 (BTA) - The results from the 99 per cent of the
processed tally sheets of the voting of Bulgarians abroad at
the October 5 early parliamentary elections show that most of
the expatriates favoured the Movement for Rights and Freedoms
which won 43.92 per cent of these votes, data of the Central
Election Commission show. Next come GERB with 27.81 per cent,
followed by the Reformist Bloc, 11.21 per cent, the Patriotic
Front, 3.70 per cent, the Bulgarian Socialist Party, 2.59 per
cent, Bulgaria without Censorship, 1.19, ABV, 1.89 per cent,
Ataka 1.71 per cent.

Interior Ministry data show that a total of 131,590 Bulgarians
abroad went to the polls. Polling stations were opened in 58
countries. The data was provided prior to the end of polling in
the United States and Canada.

The greatest number of Bulgarians voting abroad were in Turkey,
60,090 people. A total of 12,959 Bulgarians voted in Spain,
13,855 in Britain, 9,823 in Germany, 4,582 in Greece, and 2,943
in Belgium. LY /ZH/