Confidenceand supply (23) Opposition (97) The Forty-Second National Assembly (Bulgarian: Четиридесет и второто народно събрание) was a convocation of the National Assembly of Bulgaria, formed according to the results of the parliamentary elections in Bulgaria, held on May 12, 2013.

[1] The results of the election presented a tough configuration of the National Assembly without a clear majority.

As the largest party, GERB was given the first chance to form a government but failed to gain support.

GERB’s strategy was to sabotage the quorum by not attending when the Assembly was to elect the government, hoping that the far-right Attack party would do the same.

[3] Plamen Oresharski was sworn in as Prime Minister after receiving that indirect support from Siderov.