TABLE-Opposition GERB wins Bulgaria vote-official result

(Updates with seat distribution)

SOFIA, July 6 (Reuters) - Bulgaria's centre-right opposition
GERB party won 40 percent of the proportional vote in Sunday's
parliamentary election, while the ruling Socialists gained 18
percent, preliminary official results showed on Monday.

Following is a breakdown of results released by the Central
Electoral Commission with 100 percent of the votes counted.
Turnout was 60.2 percent and final official results are expected
by Thursday.

Party Percent Seat

of the vote distribution*

GERB 39.71 116

Bulgarian Socialists (BSP) 17.70 40

Movements for Rights

and Freedom (MRF) 14.46 38

Attack 9.36 21

The Blue Coalition 6.76 15

Order, Law and Justice (OLJ) 4.13 10

Under Bulgarian law, 31 deputies are elected individually
and 209 are chosen in a proportional vote from party lists for
the 240-member legislature.

Of the 31 individual seats, GERB won 26 while ethnic Turkish
party MRF won the remaining five.

* The seat distribution results are released by the Central
Electoral Commission after 100 percent of the votes are counted.
The breakdown includes the distribution of seats held by the 31
individually elected deputies.
(Reporting by Irina Ivanova; Editing by Sophie Hares)