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	Marxism–Leninism
Political position	Left-wing
International affiliation	International Meeting of Communist and Workers' Parties
European affiliation	None
European Parliament group	None
Colours	Red
National Assembly	1 / 240
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, currently 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 (97) Coalition for Bulgaria (84) Bulgarian Socialist Party (?) Communist Party of Bulgaria (1) Party of Bulgarian Social Democrats (?) Agrarian Union "Aleksandar Stamboliyski" (?) Movement for Social Humanism (?) Movement for Rights and Freedoms (36) Attack (23)

European Parliament (18 seats)	Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria (5) Bulgarian Socialist Party (4) Movement for Rights and Freedoms (3) Attack (2) National Movement for Stability and Progress (2) Union of Democratic Forces (1) Democrats for a Strong Bulgaria (1)

Unrepresented	Agrarian People's Union 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 IMRO – Bulgarian National Movement Lider Movement for an Equal Public Model National Movement for the Salvation of the Fatherland National Front for the Salvation of Bulgaria New Time Pirate Party Political Movement "Social Democrats" Party of the Liberal Alternative and Peace Order, Law and Justice 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	Bulgarian Communist Party

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