Alternative for Bulgarian Revival

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 conservatism" views.[5]

Alternative for Bulgarian Revival
Алтернатива за българско възраждане
AbbreviationABV
LeaderRumen Petkov
Founded25 January 2014 (2014-01-25)
Split fromBulgarian Socialist Party
HeadquartersSofia, Bulgaria
IdeologySocial democracy[1]
Political positionCentre-left[2]
National affiliationBSP for Bulgaria (since May 2021)
Colours  Purple
National Assembly
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European Parliament
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Website
abv-alternativa.bg

History

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
No. Name
(birth–death)		 Portrait Term of office
1 Georgi Parvanov
(born 1957)		25 January 201415 January 2017
2 Konstantin Prodanov
(born 1977)		15 January 201719 May 2018
3 Rumen Petkov
(born 1961)		19 May 2018Incumbent

Election results
European Parliament
Election No. of seats won No. of total votes  % of popular vote Ranked Name
2014

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[9]		 90,061[9] 4.02%[9] 6th[9] An Alternative for Bulgarian Revival
2019

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[10]		 16,759[10] 0.86%[10] 13th[10] Coalition for Bulgaria
National Assembly
Election No. of seats won No. of total votes  % of popular vote Ranked
2014
11 / 240
 136,223 4.15% 8th
2017
0 / 240
 54,409 1.55% 10th
2021
0 / 240
 14,794 0.45% 14th
Presidency of Bulgaria
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 – – –

References
  1. Nordsieck, Wolfram (2017). "Bulgaria". Parties and Elections in Europe.
  2. Krasimirov, Angel (27 July 2014). "Bulgaria's Socialists pick new leader as election looms". Reuters.
  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).
  9. "Резултати :: Избори за Европейски Парламент 2014". results.cik.bg (in Bulgarian). Retrieved 2019-06-01.
  10. "Европейски парламент :: Европейски парламент 2019". results.cik.bg (in Bulgarian). Retrieved 2019-06-01.
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