BSP – United Left
BSP – United Left | |
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| Leader | Mihail Mikov |
| Founded | 1999 |
| Headquarters | 20 Positano Street, Sofia |
| Ideology | Big tent |
| Political position | Centre-left to left-wing |
| European affiliation | Party of European Socialists |
| European Parliament group | Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats |
| Colours | Red |
| National Assembly | 39 / 240 |
| European Parliament | 4 / 17 |
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The Coalition for Bulgaria (Template:Lang-bg, Koalitsiya za Bulgaria, KB, or BSP - Left Bulgaria in 2014) is a centre-left electoral alliance in Bulgaria, led by the Bulgarian Socialist Party.
Members of the coalition
1991 (under the name Pre-electoral union)[1]
- BLP
- Bulgarian Socialist Party
- Christian Republican Party
- Era-3
- FBSM
- National Liberal Party–Stefan Stambolov
- Patriotic Party of Labour
- PKhZhD
- SDPD
- SMS
1994 / 1997 (under the name Democratic Left)
- Bulgarian Socialist Party (Balgarska Socialisticheska Partiya).
- Agrarian Union "Aleksandar Stamboliyski" (Zemedelski Sayuz "Aleksandar Stamboliyski")
- Political Club "Ecopublicity" (Politicheski Klub "Ekoglasnost")
2001 / 2005
- Bulgarian Socialist Party (Balgarska Socialisticheska Partiya).
- Party of Bulgarian Social Democrats (Partiya Balgarski Sotsialdemokrati).
- Bulgarian Agrarian People's Union Alexander Stambolijski (Balgarski Zemedelski Naroden Sayuz "Aleksandar Stamboliyski")
- Political Movement Social Democrats (Politicesko Dvizhenie "Socialdemokrati").
- Communist Party of Bulgaria (Komunisticheska Partiya na Bulgaria).
- Movement for Social Humanism (Dvizhenie za Sotsialen Humanizam)
- Civil Union "Roma" (Graždansko Obedinenie "Roma")
- Green Party of Bulgaria (Zelena Partiya na Bulgaria).
2009
- Bulgarian Socialist Party (Balgarska Socialisticheska Partiya).
- Party of Bulgarian Social Democrats (Partiya Balgarski Sotsialdemokrati).
- Agrarian Union "Aleksandar Stamboliyski" (Zemedelski Sayuz "Aleksandar Stamboliyski")
- Communist Party of Bulgaria (Komunisticheska Partiya na Bulgaria).
- Movement for Social Humanism (Dvizhenie za Sotsialen Humanizam)
- Civil Union "Roma" (Graždansko Obedinenie "Roma")
- New Dawn (Nova Zora)
2013
- Bulgarian Socialist Party (Balgarska Socialisticheska Partiya).
- Party of Bulgarian Social Democrats (Partiya Balgarski Sotsialdemokrati).
- Agrarian Union "Aleksandar Stamboliyski" (Zemedelski Sayuz "Aleksandar Stamboliyski")
- Communist Party of Bulgaria (Komunisticheska Partiya na Bulgaria).
- Movement for Social Humanism (Dvizhenie za Sotsialen Humanizam)
- Civil Union "Roma" (Graždansko Obedinenie "Roma")
- New Dawn (Nova Zora)
- European security and integration (Evropeyska sigurnost i integratsiya)
2014 (under the name BSP - Left Bulgaria)
- Bulgarian Socialist Party (Balgarska Socialisticheska Partiya).
- Party of Bulgarian Social Democrats (Partiya Balgarski Sotsialdemokrati).
- Agrarian Union "Aleksandar Stamboliyski" (Zemedelski Sayuz "Aleksandar Stamboliyski")
- Communist Party of Bulgaria (Komunisticheska Partiya na Bulgaria).
- Movement for Social Humanism (Dvizhenie za Sotsialen Humanizam)
- Civil Union "Roma" (Graždansko Obedinenie "Roma")
- New Dawn (Nova Zora)
- European security and integration (Evropeyska sigurnost i integratsiya)
- Socialdemokrats (Sotsialdemokrati)
- United Social democracy (Obedinena sotsialdemokratsiya)
- Union of Communists in Bulgaria (Sayuz na Komunistite v Balgariya)
- Ecoglasnost (Ekoglasnost)
- Party of Bulgarian Communists (Partiya na Balgarskite Komunisti)
Elections results
- In the Bulgarian parliamentary election, 1991, the coalition won 33.1% of the popular vote and 106 out of 240 seats.
- In the Bulgarian parliamentary election, 1994, the coalition won 43.4% of the popular vote and 125 out of 240 seats.
- In the Bulgarian parliamentary election, 1997, the coalition won 22.1% of the popular vote and 58 out of 240 seats.
- In the Bulgarian parliamentary election, 2001, the coalition won 17.1% of the popular vote and 48 out of 240 seats.
- In the Bulgarian parliamentary election, 2005, the coalition won 31.0% of the popular vote and 82 out of 240 seats.
- In the Bulgarian parliamentary election, 2009, the coalition won 17.7% of the popular vote and 40 out of 240 seats.
- Of the 40 seats the Bulgarian Socialist Party has 37 seats, the Party of Bulgarian Social Democrats, Agrarian Union "Aleksandar Stamboliyski", Communist Party of Bulgaria and the Movement for Social Humanism have 1 seat each respectively, only for their parties' leaders. Civil Union "Roma" has currently no representatives in parliament, but they had before, while the party New Dawn, founded in 2006, has never had a representative.
- In the Bulgarian parliamentary election, 2013, the coalition won 26.6% of the popular vote and 84 out of 240 seats.
- In the Bulgarian parliamentary election, 2014, the coalition won 15.4% of the popular vote (it's poorest performance on record) and 39 out of 240 seats.
References
- ^ 1991 Parliamentary Elections University of Essex
