Reformist Bloc

Reformist Bloc
Реформаторски блок
Spokesperson Petar Moskov
Founded 20 December 2013
Headquarters G.S. Rakovski Str. 134, Sofia, Bulgaria
Ideology Christian democracy[1]
Conservatism[1]
Political position Centre-right[2][3][4][5]
European Parliament group European People's Party[6]
Colours Dark blue, White
National Assembly
0 / 240
European Parliament
1 / 17
Website
http://www.reformatorskiblok.bg/

The Reformist Bloc (Bulgarian: Реформаторски блок) is a centre-right[2][3][4][5] electoral alliance in Bulgaria.

History

The coalition agreement to form the alliance was signed on 20 December 2013. The five parties that signed the agreement were: Democrats for a Strong Bulgaria, Bulgaria for Citizens Movement, Union of Democratic Forces, People's Party Freedom and Dignity, and the Bulgarian Agrarian National Union.[7] At the time of signing the coalition the parties had one seat in the European Parliament but none in the National Assembly.

In early August 2014 spokesperson Radan Kanev resigned because of what he said was a lack of unity within the alliance: "The image of a united multi-party coalition was replaced by an image of a traditional coalition with many and often conflicting interests."[8]

Elections

The electoral alliance made its debut in the 2014 European Parliament election. Meglena Kuneva, the leader of Bulgaria for Citizens Movement, was placed as number one on the party's list.[9] However, Svetoslav Malinov from Democrats for Strong Bulgaria won the only place for the alliance in the European Parliament due to the preferential voting in his favour.[10]

Statistics

European Parliament
Election # of seats won # of total votes % of popular vote rank
2014
1 / 17
 144,532 6.45% 5th
Bulgarian National Assembly
Election # of seats won # of total votes % of popular vote rank
2014
23 / 240
 291,806 8.89% 4th
2017
0 / 240
 107,399 3.06% 6th
Traykov for President
Election # of total votes (1st round) % of popular vote (1st round) rank (1st round) # of total votes (2nd round) % of popular vote (2nd round) rank (2nd round)
2016 224,734 5.87% 6th - - -

See also

  • Blue Coalition, a previous centre-right electoral alliance in Bulgaria

References

  1. 1 2 Nordsieck, Wolfram (2017). "Bulgaria". Parties and Elections in Europe.
  2. 1 2 "Bulgaria's Reformist Bloc launches election campaign without electing leader", The Sofia Globe, 14 September 2014
  3. 1 2 Ralchev, Stefan (28 May 2014), EP 2014 elections in Bulgaria: A hint at normality? (PDF), Institute for Regional and International Studies, p. 1, archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2014
  4. 1 2 Georgiev, Yasen; Petrova, Desislava (July 2014), "Bulgaria" (PDF), EU-28 Watch, Institut für Europäische Politik (10): 3, ISSN 1610-6458
  5. 1 2 "Snap elections in Bulgaria". Monitoring. BBC. 29 September 2014.
  6. ↑ "List of EPP Group MEPs from 2014 to 2019". Retrieved 4 June 2014.
  7. ↑ "Bulgarian Rightists Seal Reformist Bloc Coalition". Novinite.com. Sofia News Agency. Retrieved 31 March 2014.
  8. ↑ "Reformist Bloc Spokesperson Radan Kanev Resigns". Novinite.com. Sofia News Agency. Retrieved 4 August 2014.
  9. ↑ "Meglena Kuneva Heads Reformist Bloc's EU Elections List". Novinite.com. Sofia News Agency. Retrieved 31 March 2014.
  10. ↑ "Malinov to Be MEP instead of Kuneva due to Preferential Vote". Novinite.com. May 26, 2014.
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