Alternative for Bulgarian Revival

Alternative for Bulgarian Revival
Алтернатива за българско възраждане
AbbreviationABV
LeaderRumen Petkov
FounderGeorgi Parvanov
Founded25 January 2014; 10 years ago (2014-01-25)
Split fromBulgarian Socialist Party
HeadquartersSofia, Bulgaria
IdeologySocial democracy[1]
Social conservatism
Political positionCentre-left[2]
National affiliationBSP for Bulgaria (2021)
Bulgarian Rise (2022–2023)
The Left! (2023–2024)
BSP – United Left (2024–)
Colours  Purple
National Assembly
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European Parliament
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Website
abv-alternativa.bg

The Alternative for Bulgarian Revival (Bulgarian: Алтернатива за българско възраждане, romanizedAlternativa za balgarsko vazrazhdane, АБВ) is a centre-left[2] political party in Bulgaria. 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 holds pro-European[4] and "quasi-nationalist social conservative" views.[5]

History

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The 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.[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.[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

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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

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National Assembly

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Election Leader Votes % Seats +/– Government
2014 Georgi Parvanov 136,223 4.15 (#8)
11 / 240
New Coalition
2017[a] Konstantin Prodanov 54,412 1.55 (#10)
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Decrease 11 Extra-parliamentary
Apr 2021 Rumen Petkov 14,794 0.45 (#14)
0 / 240
Steady 0 Extra-parliamentary
Jul 2021[b] 365,695 13.22 (#3)
0 / 240
Steady 0 Extra-parliamentary
Nov 2021[b] 267,817 10.07 (#4)
1 / 240
Increase 1 Coalition
2022[c] 115,872 4.47 (#7)
1 / 240
Steady 0 Snap election
2023[d] 56,481 2.14 (#8)
0 / 240
Decrease 1 Extra-parliamentary
Jun 2024[d] 15,175 0.69 (#13)
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Steady 0 Extra-parliamentary
  1. ^ Run in coalition with Movement 21.
  2. ^ a b Run as part of the BSP for Bulgaria coalition.
  3. ^ Run as part of the Bulgarian Rise coalition.
  4. ^ a b Run as part of The Left coalition.

President of Bulgaria

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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

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Election List leader Votes % Seats +/– EP Group
2014 Ivailo Kalfin 90,061 4.02 (#6)
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New
2019 Boyan Durankev 16,759 0.86 (#13)
0 / 17
Steady 0
2024[a] Valeri Zhablyanov 10,230 0.51 (#14)
0 / 17
Steady 0
  1. ^ Run as part of The Left! coalition.

References

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  1. ^ a b Nordsieck, Wolfram (2017). "Bulgaria". Parties and Elections in Europe.
  2. ^ a b Krasimirov, Angel (27 July 2014). "Bulgaria's Socialists pick new leader as election looms". Reuters. Archived from the original on August 16, 2016.
  3. ^ Leviev-Sawyer, Clive (26 January 2014). "Purvanov project hits BSP, Borissov's GERB back in the lead – poll". The Sofia Globe.
  4. ^ "Bulgaria". Europe Elects. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
  5. ^ Popivanov, Boris (2014). Changing Images of the Left in Bulgaria. Columbia University Press. p. 160.
  6. ^ Carney, Sean (6 October 2014). "Bulgaria Vote Fails to Break Deadlock". The Wall Street Journal.
  7. ^ "Резултати от избори за Европейски парламент 25.05.2014 г. за страната". Избори за Европейски Парламент 2014. CIK (Central electoral commission of Bulgaria).
  8. ^ "Резултати за страната при обработени 100% протоколи на СИК в РИК". Избори за народни представители 2014. CIK (Central electoral commission of Bulgaria).
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