then functioned as Bulgaria's appointed delegation to the European Parliament until elections were held on 20 May 2007. The breakdown of parties and their European Parliament political groups for the period 1 January 2007 to 20 May 2007 was as follows: Results The official results were announced by the Central Electoral Commission on 21 May. According to the official data, the winner of the elections was GERB, followed by a small margin by the Bulgarian Socialist Party and the Movement for Rights and Freedoms, with the distance between the third and the first being less than 1.5%. The voter turnout was 28.6%. Elected MEPs According to the election results, the following 18 candidates were elected as Bulgarian Members of the European Parliament: GERB (5) Dushana Zdravkova Vladimir Uruchev Nickolay Mladenov Petya Stavreva Rumyana Zheleva Bulgarian Socialist Party (5) Kristian Vigenin Iliyana Yotova Atanas Paparizov Marusya Lyubenova Evgeni Kirilov Movement for Rights and Freedoms (4) Filiz Husmenova Mariela Baeva Metin Kazak Vladko Panayotov Attack (3) Dimitar Stoyanov Slavcho Binev Desislav Chukolov National Movement Simeon II (1) Bilyana Raeva See also Elections in Bulgaria Elections in the European Union 2007 European Parliament election 2007 European Parliament election in Romania Bulgaria (European Parliament constituency) References External links Weak turnout marks European elections in Bulgaria euractiv.com 21/05/07 Bulgaria's First European Vote novinite.com Bulgaria elects new MEPs amid corruption worries EUobserver 21/05/07 Results izbori2007.eu (Bulgarian) Seats news.ibox.bg (Bulgarian) Bulgaria European Parliament elections in Bulgaria 2007 elections in Bulgaria May 2007 events in Europe