The government was formed after the Borisov's party, GERB, won the 2017 parliamentary election.

However, GERB won only 95 out of 240 seats in the National Assembly and therefore needed to form a coalition in order to govern.

The third Borisov government consisted of ministers from the ruling GERB party and the two leaders of the junior coalition partner United Patriots.

The third Bulgarian Council of Ministers of Bulgaria chaired by Boyko Metodiev Borisov has been voted in by 235 members of the Bulgarian Parliament (of them 134 in favor and 101 against, out of a total of 240 MPs) and sworn into term on May 4, 2017.

The government was formed by the GERB Party and the parliamentary coalition of the United Patriots, with the initial support of the newcomer Volya Party of businessman Veselin Mareshki (although one of its MPs voted against).