Union of Communists in Bulgaria

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Union of Communists in Bulgaria Съюз на Комунистите в България
Leader	Pavel Ivanov
Founded	1995
Headquarters	Sofia, Bulgaria
Ideology	Communism Marxism
National affiliation	Coalition for Bulgaria
European affiliation	Initiative of Communist and Workers' Parties
Colours	Red, white
National Assembly	0 / 240
European Parliament	0 / 17
Website
http://komunistibg.wordpress.com
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The Union of Communists of Bulgaria (Bulgarian: Sayuz na Komunistite v Balgariya, SKB) is a communist party in Bulgaria, registered in 1995. It has participated in all elections since then, alone or in coalition.

On June 23, 2013, the Central Committee of the Union of Communists in Bulgaria accepted the resignation of its current chairman Kostadin Chakarov (2010-2013), a former adviser to Todor Zhivkov, and elected by an overwhelming majority Pavel Ivanov as the new chairman of the party.

The Union of Communists takes its name from Union of German and European Communists, established in the 19th century by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels.^{[citation needed]} It unites citizens and adopts Marxism as its political creed. The Union of Communists in Bulgaria considers itself the conceptual and political heir of Bulgarian Communist Party.^{[citation needed]}

In the 2013 parliamentary election the party received 6,168 votes (0.17% of the popular vote), remaining outside parliament.

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National Assembly (240 seats)	GERB—SDS 68; GERB SDS Movement for Rights and Freedoms (44) PP–DB 41; PP DaB! DSB Volt Revival (38) BSP for Bulgaria 19; BSP Ecoglasnost PK "Trakiya" There Is Such a People (17) Velichie (13)
European Parliament (17 seats)	GERB—SDS 5; GERB SDS Movement for Rights and Freedoms (3) PP–DB 3; PP DSB Revival (3) BSP for Bulgaria 2; BSP There Is Such a People (1)
Unrepresented	Agrarian People's Union Agrarian Union "Aleksandar Stamboliyski" Alternative for Bulgarian Revival Attack Bulgaria for Citizens Movement Bulgarian Agrarian National Union Bulgarian Communist Party (modern) Bulgarian Left Bulgarian National Unification Bulgarian National Union – New Democracy Bulgarian New Democracy Bulgarian Progressive Line Bulgarian Rise Bulgarian Social Democracy – EuroLeft Bulgarian Summer Civil Union "Roma" Communist Party of Bulgaria Conservative Bulgaria Conservative Union of the Right Ecoglasnost Green Movement Green Party of Bulgaria Lider Movement 21 Movement for an Equal Public Model National Democratic Party National Movement for the Salvation of the Fatherland National Movement for Stability and Progress Party of the Bulgarian Communists People's Voice Political Movement "Social Democrats" Radical Democratic Party Reload Bulgaria Republicans for Bulgaria Russophiles for the Revival of the Fatherland Stand Up.BG The Left! The Other Bulgaria Union of Communists in Bulgaria Union of Free Democrats Union of the Patriotic Forces "Defense" VMRO – Bulgarian National Movement
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