United People's Progressive Party
United People's Progressive Party Обединена народно-прогресивна партия | |
|---|---|
| Abbreviation | ONPP (Bulgarian) |
| Leader | Ivan Evstratiev Geshov |
| Founders |
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| Founded | 6 November 1920 |
| Dissolved | 19 May 1934 |
| Merger of | |
| Ideology | Conservatism |
| National affiliation | |
The United People's Progressive Party (Bulgarian: Обединена народно-прогресивна партия, Obedinena narodno-progresivna partiya, ONPP) was a political party in Bulgaria.
History
[edit]The party was formed by a merger of the People's Party and the Progressive Liberal Party in 1920, with People's Party leader Ivan Evstratiev Geshov elected as the new party's first leader.[1] The ONPP joined the Constitutional Bloc alliance for the April 1923 elections,[2] which won 17 seats.[3]
Following the June 1923 coup, the party joined the Democratic Alliance,[1] which went on to win elections in November 1923.
The ONPP contested the 1927 elections alone, but received only 1.5% of the vote and failed to win a seat.[4] In the 1931 elections its vote share fell to 0.6% and the party remained without a seat.
References
[edit]- ^ a b Raymond Detrez (2006) Historical Dictionary of Bulgaria Scarecrow Press, p122
- ^ Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p374 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
- ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p385
- ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p386
