The 16th Multi-member Constituency – Plovdiv-City is a
constituency
An electoral (congressional, legislative, etc.) district, sometimes called a constituency, riding, or ward, is a geographical portion of a political unit, such as a country, state or province, city, or administrative region, created to provi ...
of the
National Assembly of Bulgaria
The National Assembly () is the Unicameralism, unicameral parliament and Legislature, legislative body of the Republic of Bulgaria. The first National Assembly was established in 1879 with the Tarnovo Constitution.
During the People's Republic ...
whose borders are the same as
Plovdiv Municipality in
Bulgaria
Bulgaria, officially the Republic of Bulgaria, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern portion of the Balkans directly south of the Danube river and west of the Black Sea. Bulgaria is bordered by Greece and Turkey t ...
.
Background
In the
2009 Bulgarian parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in Bulgaria on 5 July 2009. 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 ...
the 16th Multi-member Constituency – Plovdiv-City elected 10 members to the
Bulgarian National Assembly
The National Assembly () is the Unicameralism, unicameral parliament and Legislature, legislative body of the Republic of Bulgaria. The first National Assembly was established in 1879 with the Tarnovo Constitution.
During the People's Republic ...
:
9 through
proportionality vote and 1 was through
first-past-the-post voting
First-past-the-post (FPTP)—also called choose-one, first-preference plurality (FPP), or simply plurality—is a single-winner voting rule. Voters mark one candidate as their favorite, or first-preference, and the candidate with more first- ...
.
Members in the Bulgarian National Assembly
* Through
first-past-the-post voting
First-past-the-post (FPTP)—also called choose-one, first-preference plurality (FPP), or simply plurality—is a single-winner voting rule. Voters mark one candidate as their favorite, or first-preference, and the candidate with more first- ...
* Through
proportionality vote
Elections
2009 election
*
proportionality vote
*
first-past-the-post voting
First-past-the-post (FPTP)—also called choose-one, first-preference plurality (FPP), or simply plurality—is a single-winner voting rule. Voters mark one candidate as their favorite, or first-preference, and the candidate with more first- ...
See also
*
2009 Bulgarian parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in Bulgaria on 5 July 2009. 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 ...
*
Politics of Bulgaria
The politics of Bulgaria take place in a framework of a parliamentary representative democratic republic, whereby the prime minister is the head of government, and of a multi-party system.Bulgaria Library of Congress Country Study, ''Governmen ...
*
List of Bulgarian Constituencies
Bulgaria is divided into 31 multi-member constituencies for the purposes of elections to the National Assembly.
Background
Bulgaria is divided into 28 provinces. Most of these correspond exactly to the constituencies, but Sofia City Province i ...
References
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Electoral divisions in Bulgaria
Plovdiv