Alternative for Bulgarian Revival
| Alternative for Bulgarian Revival | |
|---|---|
| Алтернатива за българско възраждане | |
| Leader | Georgi Parvanov |
| Founded | 2014 |
| Split from | Bulgarian Socialist Party |
| Headquarters | Sofia, Bulgaria |
| Ideology | Social democracy |
| Political position | Centre-left[1] |
| National Assembly |
11 / 240 |
| European Parliament |
0 / 17 |
| Website | |
| www.abv-alternativa.bg | |
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Politics of Bulgaria Political parties Elections | |
The Alternative for Bulgarian Revival (Bulgarian: Алтернатива за българско възраждане, АБВ; Alternativa za balgarsko vazrazhdane, ABV - 'АБВ' are the first three letters of the Cyrillic alphabet, equivalent to 'ABC' in the Latin one)[2] is a centre-left political party in Bulgaria.
History
The party was founded and is led by Georgi Parvanov, who was President of Bulgaria from 2002 to 2012, as a splinter from the Bulgarian Socialist Party.[3]
In the May 2014 European elections, the party received 4% of the vote, failing to elect any MEPs.[4]
In the October 2014 parliamentary election, the party received 4.15% of the vote and 11 seats in the National Assembly.[5]
References
- ↑ Krasimirov, Angel (27 July 2014). "Bulgaria's Socialists pick new leader as election looms". Reuters.
- ↑ Leviev-Sawyer, Clive (26 January 2014). "Purvanov project hits BSP, Borissov’s GERB back in the lead – poll". The Sofia Globe.
- ↑ Carney, Sean (6 October 2014). "Bulgaria Vote Fails to Break Deadlock". The Wall Street Journal.
- ↑ "Резултати от избори за Европейски парламент 25.05.2014 г. за страната". Избори за Европейски Парламент 2014. CIK (Central electoral commission of Bulgaria).
- ↑ "Резултати за страната при обработени 100% протоколи на СИК в РИК". Избори за народни представители 2014. CIK (Central electoral commission of Bulgaria).
External links
- (Bulgarian) Official website
