Bulgaria Report 2022

Bulgaria was witness to several unprecedented developments in 2021. Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, Bulgaria held one presidential election in November 2021 and three parliamentary elections (in April, July and November of the same year). The country failed, twice, to elect a fully mandated executive and was governed from April to December by interim governments, each of which 
were appointed by the president. For the third election, voter turnout reached an unprecedented rate of 40%.