List of political parties in Bulgaria
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This article lists political parties
in Bulgaria
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Bulgaria has a multi-party system
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Political party
A political party is a political organization that typically seeks to influence government policy, usually by nominating their own candidates and trying to seat them in political office. Parties participate in electoral campaigns, educational outreach or protest actions...
in Bulgaria
Bulgaria
Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east...
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Bulgaria has a multi-party system
Multi-party system
A multi-party system is a system in which multiple political parties have the capacity to gain control of government separately or in coalition, e.g.The Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition in the United Kingdom formed in 2010. The effective number of parties in a multi-party system is normally...
, with numerous parties in which no single party usually manages to gain power alone, and parties must work with each other to form coalition government
Coalition government
A coalition government is a cabinet of a parliamentary government in which several political parties cooperate. The usual reason given for this arrangement is that no party on its own can achieve a majority in the parliament...
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Parties with parliamentary representation
- Citizens for European Development of BulgariaCitizens for European Development of BulgariaCitizens for European Development of Bulgaria , abbreviated GERB , is a Bulgarian centre-right political party established on March 13 2006. It has been Bulgaria's ruling party since 2009....
(Grazhdani za Evropeysko Razvitie na Balgariya) - Coalition for BulgariaCoalition for BulgariaThe Coalition for Bulgaria is a centre-left electoral alliance in Bulgaria, led by the Bulgarian Socialist Party.-Members of the coalition:2001 / 2005 *Bulgarian Socialist Party ....
(Koalitsia za Balgariya)- Bulgarian Socialist PartyBulgarian Socialist PartyThe Bulgarian Socialist Party is social-democratic political party in Bulgaria and successor to the Bulgarian Communist Party. The BSP is a member of the Party of European Socialists and Socialist International, and is currently led by Sergei Stanishev....
(Balgarska Socialisticheska Partiya) - Party of Bulgarian Social DemocratsParty of Bulgarian Social DemocratsThe Party of Bulgarian Social Democrats is a social-democratic political party in Bulgaria. It is a member of the Socialist International and the Party of European Socialists.-History:...
(Partiya Balgarski Sotsialdemokrati) - Agrarian Union "Aleksandar Stamboliyski" (Zemedelski Sayuz "Aleksandar Stamboliyski")
- Movement for Social HumanismMovement for Social HumanismThe Movement for Social Humanism is a progressive political party in Bulgaria. It is part of the Coalition for Bulgaria, an alliance led by the Bulgarian Socialist Party. The coalition won in the 2001 elections 17.1 % of the popular vote and 48 out of 240 seats...
(Dvizhenie za Sotsialen Humanizam)
- Bulgarian Socialist Party
- Movement for Rights and FreedomsMovement for Rights and FreedomsThe Movement for Rights and Freedoms is an ethnic Turkish party in Bulgaria. The MRF is a member of the Liberal International and considers itself a liberal party, rather like the Swedish People's Party - party of the Swedish-speaking minority of Finland...
(Dvizhenie za Prava i Svobodi) - National Union AttackNational Union AttackThe National Union Attack is a nationalist political party in Bulgaria. At the last legislative elections, 5 July 2009, it won 9.4% of the popular vote and 21 out of 240 seats...
(Natsionalno Obedinenie Ataka) - Blue CoalitionBlue CoalitionThe Blue Coalition is a political coalition in Bulgaria, founded in early 2009 by center-right parties, most importantly Union of the Democratic Forces and Democrats for a Strong Bulgaria...
(Sinyata Koalitsia)- Union of Democratic ForcesUnion of Democratic Forces (Bulgaria)The Union of Democratic Forces is a political party in Bulgaria, founded in 1989 as a union of several political organizations in opposition to the communist government. In February 1997 the Union was transformed into a single unified party with the same name...
(Sayuz na Demokratichnite Sili) - Democrats for a Strong BulgariaDemocrats for a Strong BulgariaDemocrats for a Strong Bulgaria is a political party in Bulgaria established by former Bulgarian Prime Minister Ivan Kostov . The motto of the party is "For a Strong Bulgaria in Unified Europe".- History :...
(Demokrati za Silna Balgariya) - United AgrariansUnited AgrariansThe United Agrarians are a political party in Bulgaria. The conservative agrarian party was established in 2008 after a split within the Agrarian People's Union. It is currently led by Anastasia Dimitrova-Moser....
(Obedineni Zemedelski)
- Union of Democratic Forces
- Order, Law and Justice (Red, Zakonnost, Spravedlivost)
Parties outside the parliament
- Agrarian People's Union (Zemedelski Naroden Sayuz)
- Bulgarian Agrarian People's UnionBulgarian Agrarian People's UnionBulgarian Agrarian National Union also tiranslated to English as Bulgarian Agrarian People's Union is a political party devoted to representing the causes of the Bulgarian peasantry. It was most powerful between 1900 and 1923. In practice, it was an agrarian movement...
(Balgarski Zemedelski Naroden Sayuz) - Bulgarian LeftBulgarian LeftThe Bulgarian Left is a socialist political party in Bulgaria.It was created in February 2010 predominantly by members of the Bulgarian Socialist Party. Its leader is Boyan Borisov Kirov....
(Balgarska Levitcata) - Bulgarian New DemocracyBulgarian New DemocracyBulgarian New Democracy is a political faction in the Bulgarian National Assembly formed on 2007-12-05 by fourteen dissenters of the National Movement for Stability and Progress who claim that their former party has lost its liberal roots. The faction may grow to about twenty MPs, but it is not...
(Balgarska Nova Demokratiya) - Civil Union "Roma" (Grazhdansko Obedinenie "Roma")
- Democratic PartyDemocratic Party (Bulgaria)The Democratic Party is a center-right party in Bulgaria led by Alexander Pramatarski. It is part of the United Democratic Forces. The United Democratic Forces won in the 2001 elections 18.2 % of the popular vote and 51 out of 240 seats...
(Demokraticheska Partiya) - George's Day MovementGeorge's Day MovementThe George's Day Movement is a nationalist political party in Bulgaria. The movement didn't win any seat in the 2001 elections....
(Dvizhenie Gergyovden) - Green Party of BulgariaGreen Party of BulgariaThe Green Party of Bulgaria is a political party in Bulgaria. It is part of the Coalition for Bulgaria, an alliance led by the Bulgarian Socialist Party...
(Zelena Partiya na Balgariya) - Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization - Bulgarian National Movement (Vatreshna Makedonska Revolyucionna Organizatsiya-Balgarsko Natsionalno Dvizhenie)
- LiderLider (Bulgaria)LIDER is a Bulgarian right-wing political party registered in 2007. Its leader is Kancho Filipov.-Participation in elections:...
(Lider) - Movement for an Equal Public ModelMovement for an Equal Public ModelThe Movement for an Equal Public Model is a political party in Bulgaria. It is part of the United Democratic Forces. At the last legislative elections, 25 June 2005, it won 8.4 % of the popular vote and 20 out of 240 seats.-References:...
(Dvizhenie za Ravnopraven Model DROM) - National Movement for Stability and Progress (Natsionalno Dvizhenie za Stabilnost i Vazhod)
- New Time (Novoto Vreme)
- New Zora (Nova Zora)
- Political Movement Social DemocratsPolitical Movement Social DemocratsThe Political Movement "Social Democrats" is a social-democratic political party in Bulgaria. It is part of the Coalition for Bulgaria, an alliance led by the Bulgarian Socialist Party. The coalition won in the 2001 elections 17.1 % of the popular vote and 48 out of 240 seats...
(Politichesko Dvizhenie "Sotsialdemokrati") - The Greens (Zelenite)
- Union of Free DemocratsUnion of Free DemocratsThe Union of Free Democrats is a conservative political party in Bulgaria, led by Stefan Sofiyanski. It contested the 2001 elections as part of the United Democratic Forces electoral alliance, which picked up 51 of 240 seats...
(Sayuz na Svobodnite Demokrati)
Defunct parties
- Bulgarian Communist PartyBulgarian Communist PartyThe Bulgarian Communist Party was the communist and Marxist-Leninist ruling party of the People's Republic of Bulgaria from 1946 until 1990 when the country ceased to be a communist state...
(Balgarska Komunisticheska Partiya) - Bulgarian Agrarian People's Union "Nikola Petkov" (Balgarski Zemedelski Naroden Sayuz "Nikola Petkov")
- Bulgarian Agrarian People's Union - United (Balgarski Zemedelski Naroden Sayuz - Edinen)
- Bulgarian Business Bloc (Balgarska Biznes Blok)
- Bulgarian Social Democratic Workers Party (Broad Socialists) (Balgarska Rabotnicheska Sotsialdemokraticheska Partiya "Shiroki Sotsialisti")
- Euroleft (Evrolevica)
- Fatherland FrontFatherland Front (Bulgaria)The Fatherland Front was originally a Bulgarian political resistance movement during World War II. The Zveno movement, the communist Bulgarian Workers Party, a wing of the Agrarian Union and the Bulgarian Social Democratic Workers Party, were all part of the FF...
(Otechestvo Front) - United Democratic ForcesUnited Democratic ForcesThe United Democratic Forces were a center-right electoral alliance in Bulgaria, led by the Union of Democratic Forces.-Members of the coalition:1997 *Union of Democratic Forces...
(Obedineni Demokratichni Sili)
See also
- List of political parties
- Liberalism and radicalism in BulgariaLiberalism and radicalism in BulgariaThis article gives an overview of liberalism and radicalism in Bulgaria. It is limited to liberal and radical parties with substantial support, mainly proved by having had a representation in parliament. The sign ⇒ denotes another party in that scheme...