George Ganchev's Bloc

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George Ganchev's Bloc (Bulgarian: Блокът на Жорж Ганчев, Blokit na Zhorzh Ganchev, BZG) was a political party in Bulgaria.

History

The party was founded by George Ganchev ahead of the 2001 parliamentary elections after he left the Bulgarian Business Bloc (BBB). Whilst the BBB had won twelve seats in the 1997 elections,^[1] the new party received only 0.4% of the vote and failed to win a seat, whilst the BBB received just 162 votes, losing all 12 seats.^[2]

In the presidential elections later in the year, Ganchev ran, but received just 3.4% of the vote.^[3]

References

↑ Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p387 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
↑ 2001 Parliamentary Elections University of Essex
↑ 2001 Presidential Elections University of Essex

Political parties in Bulgaria

National Assembly (240 seats)	GERB (84) BSP - Left Bulgaria (39) Movement for Rights and Freedoms (38) Reformist Bloc (23) Patriotic Front (19) Bulgaria Without Censorship (14) Attack (11) ABV (11) Independent (1)

European Parliament (17 seats)	GERB (6) Bulgarian Socialist Party (4) Movement for Rights and Freedoms (4) Bulgaria Without Censorship (1) IMRO – Bulgarian National Movement (1) Reformist Bloc (1) Democrats for a Strong Bulgaria (1)

Unrepresented	Bulgarian Agrarian National Union Bulgarian Communist Party – Marxists Bulgarian Communist Party (Vladimir Spasov) Bulgaria for Citizens Movement Bulgarian New Democracy Bulgarian Left Civil Union "Roma" Democrats for a Strong Bulgaria For the Homeland George's Day Movement Green Party of Bulgaria Lider Movement for an Equal Public Model National Movement for the Salvation of the Fatherland Nationalist Party of Bulgaria New Time Order, Law and Justice Party of the Liberal Alternative and Peace Pirate Party Political Movement "Social Democrats" Reformist Bloc Union of the Bulgarian Patriots Union of Communists in Bulgaria Union of Democratic Forces The Greens The Other Bulgaria Union of Free Democrats Union of the Patriotic Forces "Defense"

Defunct	Alternative Social-Liberal Party Bulgarian Business Bloc Bulgarian Communist Party Bulgarian Euro-Left Bulgarian National Socialist Workers Party Bulgarian People's Union Bulgarian Social Democratic Workers Party (Broad Socialists) Bulgarian United Communist Party Communist Workers' Party of Bulgaria Conservative Party Constitutional Bloc Democratic Alliance George Ganchev's Bloc Liberal Party Liberal Party (Radoslavists) Movement for Social Humanism National Ideal for Unity National Liberal Party National Social Movement Patriotic Party of Labour People for Real, Open and United Democracy People's Alliance People's Liberal Party People's Party Progressive Liberal Party Social Democratic Union 'Proletarian' United Labour Social Democratic Party United People's Progressive Party Young Liberals Party Zveno

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