President Rumen Radev gave a second party, There is Such a People (TISP), mandate to form a cabinet. It was officially received by chess player Antoaneta Stefanova, who several days earlier was tabbed by TISP and its leader Stanislav Trifonov as the party's nominee for premier. Back then, Trifonov said that Stefanova would receive the mandate only to immediately return it because TISP did not intend to try to form a cabinet. The reason - the party lacked sufficient support in the new National Assembly.

The political party There Is Such a People (TISP) will immediately return the mandate to form a cabinet, the party's leader Stanislav “Slavi” Trifonov said in a Facebook post on Monday.

GERB-UDF's nominee for prime minister Daniel Mitov returned to President Rumen Radev the exploratory mandate to form a government on Friday, after it became clear that the coalition will not be able to find support from the other parties in Parliament.

President Rumen Radev is holding consultations on Monday with representatives of the six parliamentary groups in the 45th National Assembly ahead of handing the first exploratory government-forming mandate.

MP Iva Miteva from There Is Such a People has been elected as Speaker of the 45th National Assembly on Thursday. The vote was 163 in favour and none against.

The newly-elected 45h National Assembly started its first session at 9.00am on Thursday morning in the Parliament's old building. The meeting was broadcast live on National TV and National Radio.

President Rumen Radev signed a decree convening the newly-elected 45th National Assembly at its first sitting on 15 April at 9am, said the press office of the head of state on Tuesday.

GERB will hold 75 seats in the 45th National Assembly. There is Such a People – 51, BSP – 43, MRF – 30, the Democratic Bulgaria Alliance coalition – 27, while the Stand up! Mafiosi out! coalition – 14. The breakdown was revealed after the Central Electoral Commission officially announced the distribution of seats following the 4 April general elections.

The Central Electoral Commission on Tuesday released the results of the 4 April general elections based on the processing of 100% of the voting section tally sheets, according to which four coalitions and two parties will be represented in Bulgaria's next parliament.

On Monday, a press conference by international observers of Bulgaria's 45th National Assembly elections was held in Sofia. The use of state resources by the ruling GERB party in the election campaign and limited media coverage of all candidates were among the conclusions made by international observers of the parliamentary vote on Sunday, Bulgarian National Radio reported.