Coalition for Bulgaria

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The Coalition for Bulgaria (Bulgarian: Коалиция за България, Koalitsiya za Bulgaria, KB, or BSP for Bulgaria in 2017) is a leftist 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)

2017 (under the name BSP for Bulgaria)^[2]

• Bulgarian Socialist Party
• Communist Party of Bulgaria
• Ecoglasnost
• New Dawn
• Agrarian Union "Aleksandar Stamboliyski"
• Trakiya political club

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 (its poorest performance on record) and 39 out of 240 seats.
• In the Bulgarian parliamentary election, 2017, the coalition won 27.93% of the popular vote^[3] and 80 out of 240 seats.^[4]

References

External links

• BSP