The numbers of the parties and coalitions on the ballot for the parliamentary elections on 11 July were drawn by lot at the Central Election Commission.
GERB-SDS will be taking part in the snap election under number 5. Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) for Bulgaria – under number 4, There Is Such a People – under number 22, Bulgarian Patriots – VMRO-VOLYA-NFSB – drew number 16.
The first political force whose number was drawn – 17 – was the Left Union for a Pure and Sacred Republic, with which former PM Zhan Videnov is making a comeback. Number 1 was assigned to Together for Change movement. Vassil Bojkov’s civic platform Bulgarian Summer was assigned the number 15, Democratic Bulgaria – 23, Stand Up! Thugs Out! – number 8.
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