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–) |
Colours | Purple |
National Assembly | 0 / 240 |
European Parliament | 0 / 17 |
Website | |
abv-alternativa | |
The Alternative for Bulgarian Revival ( Bulgarian: Алтернатива за българско възраждане, romanized: Alternativa 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]
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]
No. | Name (birth–death) |
Portrait | Term of office | |
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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 | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | Government |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
2014 | 136,223 | 4.15 (#8) | 11 / 240
|
New | Coalition |
2017 [a] | 54,412 | 1.55 (#10) | 0 / 240
|
11 | Extra-parliamentary |
Apr 2021 | 14,794 | 0.45 (#14) | 0 / 240
|
0 | Extra-parliamentary |
Jul 2021 [b] | 365,695 | 13.22 (#3) | 0 / 240
|
0 | Extra-parliamentary |
Nov 2021 [b] | 267,817 | 10.07 (#4) | 1 / 240
|
1 | Coalition |
2022 [c] | 115,872 | 4.47 (#7) | 1 / 240
|
0 | Snap election |
2023 [d] | 56,481 | 2.14 (#8) | 0 / 240
|
1 | Extra-parliamentary |
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 | – | – | – |
Election | No. of seats won | No. of total votes | % of popular vote | Ranked | Name |
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2014 | 0 / 17
[9]
|
90,061 [9] | 4.02% [9] | 6th [9] | An Alternative for Bulgarian Revival |
2019 | 0 / 17
[10]
|
16,759 [10] | 0.86% [10] | 13th [10] | Coalition for Bulgaria |