Tsvetelina Penkova
Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (S&D) · BSP
Details
How they were elected
- List
- Bulgarska sotsialisticheska partiy (BSP)141,178 votes, 7.0%, 2 seats
- Position on the list
- 3
- Personal votes
- 9,9297.0% of the list's votes
- Electoral rule
- In Bulgaria, personal votes for candidates decide, fully or in part, which of a list's candidates win its seats.
List share and seats: European Parliament, 2024 European election results (results.elections.europa.eu).1 points. List votes, position on the list and personal votes: Central Election Commission of Bulgaria (CIK, https://results.cik.bg/ep2024), decisions 3461-EP and 3466-EP, collected on 13 October 2026. Shares of the list's votes calculated by Parliament Radar.
Where the votes came from
Where the Bulgarska sotsialisticheska partiy (BSP) list won votes in the 2024 European election
The map shows the share of valid votes won by this list in each of the 265 municipalities: 139,789 votes, 7.4% of valid votes. The 1,389 votes cast abroad have no municipality and are not on the map.
Strongest areas (at least 1,000 valid votes)
- BolyarovoYambol52.8% · 668
- BrezovoPlovdiv24.6% · 360
- SozopolBurgas23.8% · 787
- PopovoTargovishte23.4% · 1,182
- PravetsSofia23.0% · 481
Results by municipality: BLUE_EP (Hublet, F. (2024). BLUE_EP: A Dataset of Municipality-Level Results of European Parliament Elections. Codebook v1. Paris: Groupe d'études géopolitiques. 10.5281/zenodo.14569325, CC BY 4.0), compiled from the official results. Boundaries: Geodesy, Cartography and Cadastre Agency (AGKK), Bulgaria, INSPIRE Administrative units, downloaded 12/10/2026; reused as high-value data under Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/138 (https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2023/138/oj); simplified.
How Tsvetelina Penkova voted
Most recent first- Escalation of Russian strikes in the EU, particularly on Black Sea shipping, threatening human life, regional stability and food security
- Cohesion policy in the EU's eastern border regions: strengthening territorial resilience and cross‑border cooperation
- Revised heat and fuel benchmark values for 2026-2030
- Revised heat and fuel benchmark values for 2026-2030: Proposal for rejection (amendment 6= 7=)
- Simplification of certain requirements and procedures for chemical products
- Simplification of certain requirements and procedures for chemical products: Proposal for rejection (amendment 119)
- Erasmus+ programme 2028-2034
- Reduction of methane emissions in the energy sector: postponement of certain obligations
- Reduction of methane emissions in the energy sector: postponement of certain obligations: Proposal for rejection (amendment 1= 2=)
- Objection pursuant to Rule 115(2) and (3): Genetically modified soybean MON 87769
- Boosting skills in the Union - opportunities for vocational education and training in times of transition
- Guidelines for the employment policies of the Member States
- Pericles V exchange, assistance and training programme for the protection of the euro against counterfeiting 2028-2034
- Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers: application EGF/2026/004 FI/Etelä-Suomi and Helsinki-Uusimaa paper - Finland
- Mobilisation of the European Union Solidarity Fund: assistance to Malta, Italy, Portugal and Spain with regard to storms in 2026
- Discharge 2024: EU general budget - European Council and Council
- General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2027 - all sections
- Objection pursuant to Rule 114(3): Certification methodologies for carbon farming activities
- Connecting Europe through high-speed rail
- Combating VAT fraud - the effectiveness of cross-border cooperation when it comes to VAT fraud and its impact on the EU budget
No vote matches the filter.
Source: European Parliament roll-call votes, via HowTheyVote (ODbL). Collected 8 November 2026.
Off the group line
9 of 299 comparable votes- Escalation of Russian strikes in the EU, particularly on Black Sea shipping, threatening human life, regional stability and food security
- Reduction of methane emissions in the energy sector: postponement of certain obligations: Proposal for rejection (amendment 1= 2=)
- Recommendation on EU-China political relations
- EU-Mexico Political, Economic and Cooperation Strategic Partnership Agreement (Interim report)
- EU-Mexico Interim Agreement on Trade
- EU-Mexico Political, Economic and Cooperation Strategic Partnership Agreement
- EU enlargement strategy
- Interim report in view of the consent procedure on the Agreement establishing an association between the EU and the Principality of Andorra and the Republic of San Marino
- Application of the 'safe third country' concept: Proposal for rejection (amendment 14= 15= 16=)
No vote matches the filter.
Votes in 2026
Alignment with each group
Share of Tsvetelina Penkova's votes that matched each group's position
In Parliament
- Country
- Bulgaria
- Group
- Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (S&D)
- National party
- BSP
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Method
Participation: Share of the votes the Radar follows (HowTheyVote main votes and final roll-call votes) in which the MEP voted. Not attendance; excused absences are not counted. Winning side: Of the For and Against votes, the share on the side of the result: For when adopted, Against when rejected. Abstentions and absences are left out. Off the group line: a vote different from the position of the MEP's own group on that day; divided groups and non-attached members are left out. Full method