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Parliamentary elections were held in Bulgaria on 5 July 2009.〔(President Georgi Parvanov chooses 5th July 2009 for date of parliamentary elections ). Radio Bulgaria. April 29, 2009.〕〔(Bulgaria elections ). Election Guide.〕 With 40% of the vote, the decisive winner of the elections was the established in 2006 personalistic party of Boyko Borisov - GERB. The Socialist Party, in power before the election, was in second place, with around 18%. Оnce-ruling National Movement Simeon II did not cross the 4% threshold and won no seats. The turnout was 60.2%, one of the lowest ever. Following the election, GERB leader Boyko Borisov became Prime Minister. As with all elections since the fall of communism, the government was not re-elected. ==Pre-election events== The 2009 elections saw the debut of a parallel voting system with a lesser plurality vote element. 209 of the 240 parliament seats were distributed according to the proportional system, while the remaining 31 (the number of voting constituencies in Bulgaria) were allocated for First Past the Post. The ruling Bulgarian Socialist Party wanted to amend the electoral law, increasing state subsidies for political parties threefold (the reason for doing this would be making campaign financing more transparent, they claim), requiring registration in at least two-thirds of all electoral districts (thus eliminating most marginal parties).〔(Junior ally supports Bulgarian ruling party's proposal for electoral reform ). ''Southeast European Times''. July 2, 2009.〕 An electoral reform was passed in April 2009 with the votes of the BSP, the DPS, Ataka and Order, Law and Justice. It would raise the election threshold for alliances from 4% to 8% (which was widely seen as a move against the opposition electoral alliance of DSB and SDS, which was polling around 7.3% at that time) and established that 31 of the 240 seats would be elected by majority vote.〔(Neue Acht-Prozent-Hürde für Parteibündnisse ). ''Der Standard''. April 14, 2009.〕〔(Kyustendil Mayor Quits Bulgarian Rightist Coalition ). Bulgarian News Network. March 31, 2009.〕 President Georgi Parvanov returned the law to parliament for reconsideration, but as the parties had no plans to amend it and as he could only return the law once, he had to sign it before the election. After the law had been passed, the provision raising the electoral threshold was struck down by the Constitutional Court of Bulgaria.〔(Bulgarian court blocks higher election threshold ). ''Southeast European Times''. May 13, 2009.〕 The Blue Coalition was denied registration for the election by the Central Election Commission on 28 May 2009 due to a leadership struggle in the SDS, one of the two constituent parties. The Blue Coalition announced it would appeal the ruling.〔(New Bulgarian coalition denied election registration ). ''Southeast European Times''. May 29, 2009〕 On 29 May 2009, the Supreme Administrative Court overturned the CEC's decision, allowing the Blue Coalition to contest the election.〔(Blue Coalition allowed to take part in vote ). ''Southeast European Times''. May 31, 2009.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bulgarian parliamentary election, 2009」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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