How Bulgaria's 議会の 選挙 will work

Oct 5 (Reuters) - Bulgarians will 投票(する) on Sunday in the European Union country's ninth 総選挙 since the 落ちる of 共産主義 in 1989.

Led by a former 護衛 and karate 専門家, the centre 権利 GERB party is 推定する/予想するd to 勝利,勝つ but 落ちる short of a 大多数, which could 誘発する a period of haggling with smaller parties and the 対立 to shore up support.

COUNTRY DETAILS:

GEOGRAPHY: 国境d to the north by Romania, to the east by the 黒人/ボイコット Sea, to the south by Turkey and Greece, to the west by Serbia and Macedonia

POPULATION: 7.3 million, によれば the 統計(学) office

ETHNICITY: 84.8 パーセント 民族の Bulgarians, 8.8 パーセント 民族の Turks, 4.9 パーセント Roma. (2011 国勢(人口)調査)

RELIGION: Christian 正統派の (80 パーセント), イスラム教徒 (12 パーセント).

LANGUAGE: The 公式の/役人 language is Bulgarian.

POLITICAL PARTIES

Apart from GERB, the 社会主義者s, the 民族の Turkish MRF party, the 右翼 改革論者 圏, the 人民党員 Bulgaria Without 検閲 party look 確かな to (警官の)巡回区域,受持ち区域 the 4 パーセント threshold to enter 議会. The 国家主義者 Patrioti c 前線 and the Attack party, 同様に as the left-wing ABV could also 勝利,勝つ seats.

CONTESTED POSTS

About 6,000 候補者s, grouped in 19 parties and 6 連合s, 同様に as three 独立した・無所属 候補者s, are 争う for seats in the 240-member 議会. There are 11,729 投票ing 駅/配置するs, 含むing 428 abroad. 投票s will open at 6 a.m. (0300 GMT) and will の近くに at 7 p.m. (1600 GMT).

HOW A GOVERNMENT IS FORMED

Final results, 含むing seat 配分, are 推定する/予想するd to be 発表するd on Oct. 8. 大統領 Rosen Plevneliev then has 30 days to 会を召集する 議会, after which he will begin 協議s and give the 主要な party a 委任統治(領) to form a 政府. (報告(する)/憶測ing by Angel Krasimirov; editing by Matthias Williams)

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