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This article lists political parties in Bulgaria .
Bulgaria has a multi-party system, with numerous parties in which no single party usually manages to gain power alone, and parties must work with each other to form coalition governments.
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This article lists political parties in Bulgaria .
Bulgaria has a multi-party system, with numerous parties in which no single party usually manages to gain power alone, and parties must work with each other to form coalition governments.
The National Movement for Stability and Progress is a liberal, populist political party in Bulgaria. It was known as the National Movement Simeon II until 3 June 2007.
This 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. For inclusion in this scheme it is not necessary that parties label themselves as a liberal party.
The Bulgarian People's Union was a centre-right electoral alliance in Bulgaria. It contested only one legislative election: that on 25 June 2005. It won 5.7% of the popular vote and 13 out of 240 seats. The Union was composed by the Bulgarian Agrarian People's Union-People's Union, the IMRO – Bulgarian National Movement and the Union of Free Democrats.
The Agrarian People's Union, until 2006 known as the Bulgarian Agrarian People's Union – People's Union, is a conservative agrarian party in Bulgaria.
Capital punishment in Bulgaria was abolished on December 12, 1998 with the last execution, that of attempted saboteur Georgi Alinski, having been carried out on November 4, 1989. The Parliament of Bulgaria had introduced a moratorium on executions on July 7, 1990 and Protocol 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights came into force on October 1, 1999.
Parliamentary elections were held in Bulgaria on 5 July 2009. With 40% of the vote, the decisive winner of the elections was the established in 2006 personalistic party of Boyko Borisov, GERB. The Socialist Party, in power before the election, was in second place, with around 18%. Оnce-ruling National Movement Simeon II did not cross the 4% threshold and won no seats. The turnout was 60.6%, one of the lowest ever. Following the election, GERB leader Boyko Borisov became prime minister. Just like all the previous parliamentary elections since the fall of communism, the government was not re-elected.
The Blue Coalition was a centre-right electoral alliance in Bulgaria, whose members were the Union of Democratic Forces (SDS), Democrats for a Strong Bulgaria (DSB) and three smaller parties. The members of the European Parliament elected on the coalition's list sat with the group of the European People's Party.
Bulgarian Social Democracy – EuroLeft, formerly Bulgarian EuroLeft is a pro-Western social-democratic political party in Bulgaria. The party was established on 22 February 1997 in Sofia. The party was formed by former members of the Bulgarian Socialist Party.
Peter Dunov, also known by his spiritual name Beinsa Douno, and often titled Uchitelyat by his followers, was a Bulgarian philosopher and spiritual teacher who developed a form of Esoteric Christianity known as the Universal White Brotherhood. He is widely known in Bulgaria, where he was voted second by the public in the Great Bulgarians TV show on Bulgarian National Television (2006–2007). Dunov is also featured in Pantev and Gavrilov's The 100 Most Influential Bulgarians in Our History. According to Petrov, Peter Dunov is “the most published Bulgarian author to this day.”
Evgeni Stefanov Bakardzhiev was a Bulgarian politician who served as vice-Prime Minister and Minister of Regional Development and Public Works between 1997 and 1999.
Nikolay Avramov Svinarov is a Bulgarian politician who served as the Minister of Defence in the Sakskoburggotski cabinet between 2001 and 2005.
Bulgarian National Union – New Democracy (BNU-ND) is an ultranationalist political party based in Sofia, Bulgaria. The party claims to be patriotic and purports to protect Bulgarian values, but shows sympathies for National Socialism. It can also be defined as anti-communist, because of the negative attitude towards certain communists in history. Its leader is Boyan Rasate since 2014.
The Bulgarian Communist Party is a communist party in Bulgaria registered in 1990.
Democratic Bulgaria is a political alliance in Bulgaria. Founded on 12 April 2018 as an electoral alliance between three political parties – DaB, DSB and the Green Movement, it merged into PP-DB in 2023. In April 2024 the Green Movement left PP-DB. DaB and DSB maintain close relations and brand themselves as "Democratic Bulgaria".
The Bulgarian Progressive Line is a democratic socialist and left-wing political party in Bulgaria. It has been the successor of the Bulgarian Liberal Party.
The Left Union for a Clean and Holy Republic was a Bulgarian left-wing nationalist electoral alliance which ran in the July 2021 Bulgarian parliamentary election.
Russophiles for the Revival of the Fatherland is a Bulgarian political party. The leader of the party is Nikolay Malinov.
The Bulgarian National Alliance, also called the Bulgarian National Union, is a Bulgarian far-right informal organization headquartered in Sofia, founded in 2000 by Boyan Rasate, which claims to be a successor to the fascist Union of Bulgarian National Legions, led by general Hristo Lukov.
The 2023 Sofia mayoral election was held on 29 October 2023, during the 2023 Bulgarian local elections, to elect the next mayor of Sofia.
