The Alternative for Bulgarian Revival (Bulgarian: Алтернатива за българско възраждане, romanized: Alternativa za balgarsko vazrazhdane, АБВ, ABV) is a centre-left political party in Bulgaria.[2] ABV, the romanized party's initials in Bulgarian, are the first three letters of the Cyrillic alphabet, equivalent to ABC.[3] A social-democratic party,[1] it is pro-European,[4] and holds "quasi-nationalist social conservative" views.[5]
Alternative for Bulgarian Revival Алтернатива за българско възраждане | |
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| Abbreviation | ABV |
| Leader | Rumen Petkov |
| Founder | Georgi Parvanov |
| Founded | 25 January 2014 |
| Split from | Bulgarian Socialist Party |
| Headquarters | Sofia, Bulgaria |
| Ideology | Social democracy[1] Social conservatism |
| Political position | Centre-left[2] |
| National affiliation | BSP for Bulgaria (2021) Bulgarian Rise (2022–2023) The Left! (2023–2024) BSP – United Left (2024–) |
| Colours | Maroon |
| National Assembly | 0 / 240 |
| European Parliament | 0 / 17 |
| Website | |
| abv-alternativa.bg | |
History
editThe party was founded and is led by Georgi Parvanov, who was the president of Bulgaria from 2002 to 2012, as a splinter from the Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP).[6] In the May 2014 European Parliament election in Bulgaria, the party received 4% of the vote, failing to elect any Member of the European Parliament (MEP).[7] In the 2014 Bulgarian parliamentary election, the party received 4.15% of the vote and 11 seats in the National Assembly.[8]
List of chairmen
edit| No. | Name (birth–death) |
Portrait | Term of office | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Georgi Parvanov (born 1957) |  | 25 January 2014 | 15 January 2017 |
| 2 | Konstantin Prodanov (born 1977) | 15 January 2017 | 19 May 2018 | |
| 3 | Rumen Petkov (born 1961) |  | 19 May 2018 | Incumbent |
Election results
editNational Assembly
edit| Election | Leader | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | Government |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Georgi Parvanov | 136,223 | 4.15 (8th) | 11 / 240 |
New | Coalition (2014-2016) |
| Opposition (2016-2017) | ||||||
| 2017[a] | Konstantin Prodanov | 54,412 | 1.55 (10th) | 0 / 240 |
 11 |
Extra-parliamentary |
| Apr 2021 | Rumen Petkov | 14,794 | 0.45 (14th) | 0 / 240 |
 0 |
Extra-parliamentary |
| Jul 2021[b] | 365,695 | 13.22 (3rd) | 0 / 240 |
0 |
Extra-parliamentary | |
| Nov 2021[b] | 267,817 | 10.07 (4th) | 1 / 240 |
 1 |
Coalition | |
| 2022[c] | 115,872 | 4.47 (7th) | 1 / 240 |
0 |
Snap election | |
| 2023[d] | 56,481 | 2.14 (8th) | 0 / 240 |
1 |
Extra-parliamentary | |
| Jun 2024[d] | 15,175 | 0.69 (13th) | 0 / 240 |
0 |
Extra-parliamentary | |
| Oct 2024[e] | 184,403 | 7.32 (5th) | 0 / 240 |
0 |
Extra-parliamentary | |
| 2026[e] | 97,753 | 2.97 (8th) | 0 / 240 |
0 |
Extra-parliamentary |
- ↑ Ran in coalition with Movement 21
- 1 2 Ran as part of the BSP for Bulgaria coalition
- ↑ Ran as part of the Bulgarian Rise coalition
- 1 2 Ran as part of The Left coalition
- 1 2 Ran as part of the BSP – United Left coalition
President of Bulgaria
edit| Election | No. of total votes (1st round) |
% of popular vote (1st round) |
Ranked (1st round) |
No. of total votes (2nd round) |
% of popular vote (2nd round) |
Ranked (2nd round) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 125,531 | 3.28% | 7th | – | – | – |
European Parliament
editSee also
editReferences
edit- 1 2 Nordsieck, Wolfram (2017). "Bulgaria". Parties and Elections in Europe.
- 1 2 Krasimirov, Angel (27 July 2014). "Bulgaria's Socialists pick new leader as election looms". Reuters. Archived from the original on 16 August 2016.
- ↑ Leviev-Sawyer, Clive (26 January 2014). "Purvanov project hits BSP, Borissov's GERB back in the lead – poll". The Sofia Globe.
- ↑ "Bulgaria". Europe Elects. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
- ↑ Popivanov, Boris (2014). Changing Images of the Left in Bulgaria. Columbia University Press. p. 160.
- ↑ Carney, Sean (6 October 2014). "Bulgaria Vote Fails to Break Deadlock". The Wall Street Journal.
- ↑ "Резултати от избори за Европейски парламент 25.05.2014 г. за страната". Избори за Европейски Парламент 2014. CIK (Central electoral commission of Bulgaria).
- ↑ "Резултати за страната при обработени 100% протоколи на СИК в РИК". Избори за народни представители 2014. CIK (Central electoral commission of Bulgaria).
External links
edit- Official website (in Bulgarian)