Communist Party of Bulgaria

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Not to be confused with Bulgarian Communist Party.

Communist Party of Bulgaria Комунистическа партия на България Komunisticeska Partija na Balgarija
Leader	Alexander Paunov
Founded	1996
Newspaper	Rabotnicheski Vestnik
Ideology	Communism, Marxism-Leninism
Political position	Left-wing
International affiliation	None
European affiliation	None
European Parliament Group	None
Official colours	Red
Website
http://comparty-bg.com
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The Communist Party of Bulgaria (Bulgarian: Комунистическа партия на България, Komunisticeska Partija na Balgarija, KPB) is a communist political party in Bulgaria. It is led by Alexander Paunov.

The party was founded in 1996 as the Communist Party.^[1] Since 2001 it is part of the Coalition for Bulgaria, an alliance led by the Bulgarian Socialist Party. The party publishes the newspaper Rabotnicheski Vestnik.^[1]

At the last Bulgarian parliamentary election in 2009, the Coalition for Bulgaria received 17.7% of the popular vote and 40 out of 240 seats.

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National Assembly (240 seats)	Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria (117) Coalition for Bulgaria (40) Bulgarian Socialist Party Party of Bulgarian Social Democrats Agrarian Union "Aleksandar Stamboliyski" Movement for Social Humanism Movement for Rights and Freedoms (37) National Union Attack (21) Blue Coalition (15) Union of Democratic Forces Democrats for a Strong Bulgaria United Agrarians Order, Law and Justice (10)

European Parliament (17 seats)	Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria (5) Coalition for Bulgaria (4) Movement for Rights and Freedoms (3) National Union Attack (2) National Movement for Stability and Progress (2) Blue Coalition (1)

Unrepresented	Agrarian People's Union Bulgarian Agrarian People's Union Bulgarian New Democracy Bulgarian Left Civil Union "Roma" For the Homeland George's Day Movement Green Party of Bulgaria IMRO – Bulgarian National Movement Lider Movement for an Equal Public Model National Movement for the Salvation of the Fatherland National Front for Salvation of Bulgaria New Time Political Movement "Social Democrats" Party of the Liberal Alternative and Peace Union of the Bulgarian Patriots The Greens The Other Bulgaria Union of Free Democrats Union of the Patriotic Forces "Defense"

Defunct	Bulgarian Communist Party

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