Balgarianovinite.com The results from the April 19 parliamentary elections reported by the Central Election Commission on Friday revealed that 57 of the total 240 MPs or 23.75% in the 52nd Parliament will be women. The remaining 183 MPs or 76.25% will be men. The outgoing 51st Parliament has 55 female MPs.
The breakdown per political force in the 52nd Parliament will be as follows:
Progressive Bulgaria – 34 women (25.95%) and 97 men (74.05%)
GERB-UDF – 9 women (23.08%) and 30 men (76.92%)
Continue the Change – Democratic Bulgaria – 8 women (21.62%) and 29 men (78.38%)
Movement for Rights and Freedoms – 5 women (23.81%) and 16 men (76.19%)
Vazrazhdane – 1 woman (8.33%) and 11 men (91.67%).
In the parliamentary elections held on April 19, 1,439 of the candidates or 30.1% of the total number of 4,786, were women. For comparison, 28.4% of the candidates in the previous elections, held on October 2024 were women.
The proportion of women in the national parliaments of EU Member States has increased over the past decade, apart from Germany, DPA reported in early March, citing data released by Eurostat. Women held 33.6% of seats in the national parliaments in 2025, which is 5.4 percentage points more than in 2015. Finland had the highest proportion of women in parliament in 2025 with 46%, followed by Sweden with 44.8%, and Denmark with 44.7%. On the other end of the scale were Cyprus with 14.3%, Hungary with 15.6%, and Romania with 22%. 52nd Parliament to Have 57 Female MPs, 23.8% of Total Number 2026 THE NEWS FROM BULGARIA – NEWS AGENCY 2009-2025 2026-04-25 10:49:42 Latest news World news Country news Most important news latest news most important latest of the day Justice Petar Nizamov Feathers Petar Nizamov- Feathers Justice bg iustitia.bg iustitia iusticia usticia investigation Burgas Bulgaria news news of the last hour news of the day news of today Bulgaria news The news from Bulgaria blitz news top news most important most commented latest news Boyko Borisov news weather coronavirus news news weather facebook youtube facebook instagram news today news of the last minutes news today today news news bg news leading news hot news bg news site for news all news news bg news of the last hour latest latest news bg news of today news today news today news of the last hour latest news today news bg news news 24 hours news vesti bg novini news world bird bg bivol bg bivol trud bg novini latest news today novinite bg news hello bulgaria political party coat of arms delyan peevski scandalous Bulgarian National Television Free Europe Television scandal exclusive live tv live right now tv tv online tv program bg live now tv news online tv online live court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas district court Burgas appellate court Burgas prosecutor Burgas prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Prosecutor General Ivan Geshev Prosecutor Geshev Tsatsarov Ministry of Internal Affairs Burgas ODMR Burgas ODPR Burgas police Burgas district police Burgas prosecutor Tsatsarov SGS cases Varna court chairman of the SGS court decisions on civil cases decisions on cases Plovdiv court decision of the court decisions cases Varna court criminal cases district district court decisions work in the court SGS chairman of the SGS judges Sofia court post judges Plovdiv court Plovdiv judges Plovdiv Supreme Court Inspectorate Supreme Court Supreme Judicial Council lawyer lawyer criminal cases lawyer civil cases lawyer marriage cases lawyer administrative criminal law criminal process civil law civil process administrative law constitutional law