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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 Communist Party of Bulgaria is a communist party in Bulgaria, currently led by Aleksandar Paunov.
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.
Ahmed Demir Dogan, is a Turkish Bulgarian oligarch and politician who founded the DPS party in 1990 and remained its leader until he stepped down in 2013.
The Bulgarian coup d'état of 1934, also known as the 19 May coup d'état, was a coup d'état in the Kingdom of Bulgaria carried out by the Zveno military organization and the Military Union with the aid of the Bulgarian Army. It overthrew the government of the wide Popular Bloc coalition and replaced it with one under Kimon Georgiev.
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.
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.
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.
Revival is a far-right and ultranationalist political party in Bulgaria, founded in August 2014. Its chairman is Kostadin Kostadinov. The party is defined by various analysts and media as pro-Russian, anti-EU, anti-NATO, anti-American, being opposed to COVID-19 vaccinations and spreading anti-vaccine and anti-LGBT rhetoric.
Democratic Bulgaria is an electoral alliance in Bulgaria formed by three political parties – Yes, Bulgaria!, Democrats for a Strong Bulgaria and The Greens. The union was created on 12 April 2018.
Republicans for Bulgaria is a Bulgarian political party formed as a split from GERB by Tsvetan Tsvetanov, formerly the second most senior official in the ruling GERB party, after he was demoted from his positions by GERB leader and Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov. The party's abbreviation (RB) is an allusion to the defunct rightist Reformist Bloc coalition.
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 and in the 2021 Bulgarian general election.
The GERB—SDS is a Bulgarian two-party political coalition between GERB and the Union of Democratic Forces, headed by Boyko Borisov.
Russophiles for the Revival of the Fatherland is a left-wing nationalist 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.
