EP elections 2014 - Results Thread

[GMantis]

Elections are supposed to have a veneer of responsibility attached to them

Yes, but a European Election is not a real election but an electoral type event.

Because the election results don't matter?

[GMantis]

Elections are supposed to have a veneer of responsibility attached to them

Yes, but a European Election is not a real election but an electoral type event.

Because the election results don't matter?

Because very few people take them seriously, or even know the issues they're voting on.

The second part is correct, but I don't quite agree about the first. For example, in my country they were taken seriously, though only as a warm-up for the parliamentary elections.

[GMantis]

Results of the European parliament elections in Bulgaria by province and municipality:





BBT is short for "Bulgaria without Censorship", a new populist party led by a former journalist. ABV stands for Alternative for a Bulgarian Revival, a breakaway faction from BSP, led by former president Georgi Parvanov.