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| Territory:
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110,994
sq. km |
| Population: |
9,004,000 heads |
| Density
of Population: |
81.1 heads/sq. km |
| Capital
city: |
Sofia |
| Form
of government: |
Republic |
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Administrative scheme: |
9
counties (oblates) |
| Official
language: |
Bulgarian |
| Nationalities: |
Bulgarian
85.5%, Turkish 8.6%, Macedonian 2.5 %, Other 3.4%
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The
Bulgarian election system is a proportional multi-mandate
constituency system with a bound party list. 4-13 mandates
are allocated to every constituency, altogether 31. Voters
are given ballot-papers with envelopes prepared in advance.
A valid vote is a ballot-paper of a party in an envelope.
Mandates are distributed among the parties getting valid votes
exceeding the threshold of 4% on the national level. The mandates
are allocated on the basis off the d'Hontd formula. After
that the mandates are allocated on the basis of territorial
lists. The 240-member National Assembly of the Republic was
elected in 1997 for four years.
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