National Assembly (Bulgaria)

National Assembly
51st National Assembly
Type
Type	Unicameral
Leadership
Speaker	Nataliya Kiselova, BSP–OL since 6 December 2024
Deputy Speakers	Raya Nazaryan, GERB Atanas Atanasov, PP–DB Tsoncho Ganev, Revival Hayri Sadakov, APS Dragomir Stoynev, BSP Nikoleta Kuzmanova, ITN Radostin Vasilev, MECh
Structure
Seats	240
Political groups	GERB–SDS (69)   PP–DB (37)   Revival (35)   DPS–NN (30)   BSP–OL (20)   APS (19)   ITN (18)   MECh (12)
Elections
Voting system	Proportional representation
Last election	27 October 2024
Next election	By 2028
Meeting place
Party House, Sofia
Website
parliament.bg/en

Politics of Bulgaria
Constitution 1879 1947 1971 1991
Presidency President (list) Rumen Radev Vice President Iliana Iotova
Executive Legislative Government Prime Minister (list) Dimitar Glavchev (caretaker) National Assembly Speaker: Nataliya Kiselova
Law Judiciary Nationality law Human rights Courts Constitutional Court Supreme Administrative Court Supreme Court of Cassation Office of the General Prosecutor
Major political parties PP GERB DPS Bulgarian Socialist Party Democratic Bulgaria Revival Bulgarian Rise
Recent elections Presidential: 2016 2021 2026 Parliamentary: 2023 2024 (Jun) 2024 (Oct) European: 2014 2019 2024
Administrative divisions Provinces (oblasti) Municipalities (obshtini)
Foreign relations 2007 EU enlargement Kristalina Georgieva Politics of the European Union
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42°41′40″N 23°19′58″E / 42.694456°N 23.332893°E / 42.694456; 23.332893 The National Assembly (Народно събрание) is the unicameral parliament and legislative body of the Republic of Bulgaria. The first National Assembly was established in 1879 with the Tarnovo Constitution.

During the communist period between 1946 and 1989, the National Assembly was the supreme organ of state power and the only branch of government in Bulgaria and, in accordance with the principle of unified power, all state organs were subservient to it. Most of the National Assembly's actions were characterized as a rubber stamp for the Bulgarian Communist Party (BKP) or as only being able to affect issues of low sensitivity and salience to the Bulgarian communist regime. The BCP controlled nomination and election processes at every level in its political system, allowing it to stamp out any opposition.