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Bulgaria Election Commission releases list of parliamentary seat winners

GERB leader Boyko Borisov will be a deputy from Plovdiv, the leaders of We Continue the Change - from Sofia and Haskovo

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The Central Election Commission (CEC) officially announced the names of the deputies in the 49th National Assembly after April 2 elections. 

Before that, more than 20 candidates, who were elected in two constituencies at the same time, have declared to the CEC which district they wish to represent. 

According to the approved lists, GERB leader and former PM Boyko Borissov enters the parliament as an MP from Plovdiv, one of the co-chairs of "We Continue the Change" Assen Vassilev - from Haskovo, and the ex prime minister Kiril Petkov - from Sofia, the co-chairmen of Democratic Bulgaria - Hristo Ivanov and Atanas Atanasov - from Sofia, the leader of Vazrazhdane Kostadin Kostadinov - from Varna, the leader of MRF Mustafa Karadayi - from Shumen, the leader of BSP Kornelia Ninova - from Sofia, Toshko Yordanov from There is such a people - from Pleven. Earlier, the party's leader Slavi Trifonov resigned from the parliamentary seat.



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