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After five elections in just two years, Bulgarian voters' confidence in political parties has exponentially shrunken (Photo: dimnikolov)

Bulgaria's never-ending doom loop of elections

At the beginning of April, Bulgaria will be holding its fifth parliamentary elections in less than two years. Not even Israel with the same number of elections, but in four years, or Spain with four in four years come close to the frequency with which Bulgarians are called to the polls.

The closest European precedent took place more than 100 years ago, when Denmark held three parliamentary elections in less than five months.

How did Bulgaria manage to get here — and what does it ...

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Teodora Yovcheva teaches at the University of Sofia. Fernando Casal Bertoa teaches at the University of Nottingham.

After five elections in just two years, Bulgarian voters' confidence in political parties has exponentially shrunken (Photo: dimnikolov)

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Teodora Yovcheva teaches at the University of Sofia. Fernando Casal Bertoa teaches at the University of Nottingham.

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