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
Liberalism
Russophilia
Political position Centre-left[1]
National Assembly
11 / 240
European Parliament
0 / 17
Website
www.abv-alternativa.bg

The Alternative for Bulgarian Revival (Bulgarian: Алтернатива за българско възраждане, АБВ; Alternativa za balgarsko vazrazhdane) is a centre-left political party in Bulgaria. The party's initials 'АБВ' are the first three letters of the Cyrillic alphabet, equivalent to 'ABC'.[2]

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]

Statistics

European Parliament
Election # of seats won # of total votes % of popular vote rank
2014
0 / 17
 90,061 4.02% 6th
Bulgarian National Assembly
Election # of seats won # of total votes % of popular vote rank
2014
11 / 240
 136,223 4.15% 8th
Kalfin for President
Election # of total votes (1st round) % of popular vote (1st round) rank (1st round) # of total votes (2nd round) % of popular vote (2nd round) rank (2nd round)
2016 125,531 3.28% 8th - - -

References

  1. ↑ Krasimirov, Angel (27 July 2014). "Bulgaria's Socialists pick new leader as election looms". Reuters.
  2. ↑ Leviev-Sawyer, Clive (26 January 2014). "Purvanov project hits BSP, Borissov's GERB back in the lead – poll". The Sofia Globe.
  3. ↑ Carney, Sean (6 October 2014). "Bulgaria Vote Fails to Break Deadlock". The Wall Street Journal.
  4. ↑ "Резултати от избори за Европейски парламент 25.05.2014 г. за страната". Избори за Европейски Парламент 2014. CIK (Central electoral commission of Bulgaria).
  5. ↑ "Резултати за страната при обработени 100% протоколи на СИК в РИК". Избори за народни представители 2014. CIK (Central electoral commission of Bulgaria).

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