Alternative for Bulgarian Revival

The Alternative for Bulgarian Revival (Bulgarian: Алтернатива за българско възраждане, АБВ; Alternativa za balgarsko vazrazhdane) is a centre-left[3] political party in Bulgaria. The party's initials in Bulgarian, 'АБВ', are the first three letters of the Cyrillic alphabet, equivalent to 'ABC'.[4]

Alternative for Bulgarian Revival

Алтернатива за българско възраждане
LeaderRumen Petkov
Founded2014
Split fromBulgarian Socialist Party
HeadquartersSofia, Bulgaria
IdeologySocial democracy[1]
Social conservatism[2]
Political positionCentre-left[3]
National Assembly
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European Parliament
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Website
www.abv-alternativa.bg

History

The party was founded and is led by Georgi Parvanov, who was President of Bulgaria from 2002 to 2012, as a splinter from the Bulgarian Socialist Party.[5] In the May 2014 European elections, the party received 4% of the vote, failing to elect any MEPs.[6] In the October 2014 parliamentary election, the party received 4.15% of the vote and 11 seats in the National Assembly.[7]

List of chairmen
№ Name
(Birth–Death)		 Portrait Term of office
1 Georgi Parvanov
(1957–)		25 January 201415 January 2017
2 Konstantin Prodanov
(1977–)		15 January 201719 May 2018
3 Rumen Petkov
(1961-)		19 May 2018Incumbent

Statistics
European Parliament
Election # of seats won # of total votes % of popular vote rank participated as...
2014

[8]
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[8]		 90,061[8] 4.02%[8] 6th[8] single party "АБВ - АЛТЕРНАТИВА ЗА БЪЛГАРСКО ВЪЗРАЖДАНЕ"
2019

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[9]		 16,759[9] 0.86%[9] 13th[9] part of the coalition "КП Коалиция за България"
Bulgarian National Assembly
Election # of seats won # of total votes % of popular vote rank
2014
11 / 240
 136,223 4.15% 8th
2017
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 54,409 1.55% 10th
Kalfin for President
Election # of total votes (1st round) % of popular vote (1st round) rank (1st round) # of total votes (2nd round) % of popular vote (2nd round) rank (2nd round)
2016 125,531 3.28% 7th - - -

References
  1. Nordsieck, Wolfram (2017). "Bulgaria". Parties and Elections in Europe.
  2. Popivanov, Boris (2014). Changing Images of the Left in Bulgaria. Columbia University Press. p. 160.
  3. Krasimirov, Angel (27 July 2014). "Bulgaria's Socialists pick new leader as election looms". Reuters.
  4. Leviev-Sawyer, Clive (26 January 2014). "Purvanov project hits BSP, Borissov's GERB back in the lead – poll". The Sofia Globe.
  5. Carney, Sean (6 October 2014). "Bulgaria Vote Fails to Break Deadlock". The Wall Street Journal.
  6. "Резултати от избори за Европейски парламент 25.05.2014 г. за страната". Избори за Европейски Парламент 2014. CIK (Central electoral commission of Bulgaria).
  7. "Резултати за страната при обработени 100% протоколи на СИК в РИК". Избори за народни представители 2014. CIK (Central electoral commission of Bulgaria).
  8. "Резултати :: Избори за Европейски Парламент 2014". results.cik.bg (in Bulgarian). Retrieved 2019-06-01.
  9. "Европейски парламент :: Европейски парламент 2019". results.cik.bg (in Bulgarian). Retrieved 2019-06-01.
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