Alternative for Bulgarian Revival

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Alternative for Bulgarian Revival
Алтернатива за българско възраждане
Leader Georgi Parvanov
Founded 2014
Split from Bulgarian Socialist Party
Headquarters Sofia, Bulgaria
Ideology Social democracy[citation needed]
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[edit]

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]

References[edit]

  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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