Alternative for Bulgarian Revival

Alternative for Bulgarian Revival

Алтернатива за българско възраждане
Alternative for Bulgarian Revival Алтернатива за българско възраждане
Abbreviation	ABV
Leader	Rumen Petkov
Founder	Georgi Parvanov
Founded	25 January 2014; 10 years ago
Split from	Bulgarian Socialist Party
Headquarters	Sofia, Bulgaria
Ideology	Social democracy; Social conservatism
Political position	Centre-left
National affiliation	BSP for Bulgaria (2021); Bulgarian Rise (2022–2023); The Left! (2023–2024); BSP – United Left (2024–)
Colours	Purple
National Assembly	0 / 240
European Parliament	0 / 17
Website
	abv-alternativa.bg
	Politics of Bulgaria; Political parties; Elections;

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]

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)	Term of office
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 results

National Assembly

Election	Leader	Votes	%	Seats	+/–	Government
2014	Georgi Parvanov	136,223	4.15 (#8)	11 / 240	New	Coalition
2017^[a]	Konstantin Prodanov	54,412	1.55 (#10)	0 / 240	11	Extra-parliamentary
Apr 2021	Rumen Petkov	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
Jun 2024^[d]		15,175	0.69 (#13)	0 / 240	0	Extra-parliamentary
Oct 2024^[e]		184,403	7.32 (#5)	0 / 240	0	Extra-parliamentary

^ Run in coalition with Movement 21.
^ ^a ^b Run as part of the BSP for Bulgaria coalition.
^ Run as part of the Bulgarian Rise coalition.
^ ^a ^b Run as part of The Left coalition.
^ Run as part of the BSP – United Left coalition.

President 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	–	–	–

European Parliament

Election	List leader	Votes	%	Seats	+/–	EP Group
2014	Ivailo Kalfin	90,061	4.02 (#6)	0 / 17	New	–
2019	Boyan Durankev	16,759	0.86 (#13)	0 / 17	0
2024^[a]	Valeri Zhablyanov	10,230	0.51 (#14)	0 / 17	0

^ Run as part of The Left! coalition.

References

^ ^a ^b Nordsieck, Wolfram (2017). "Bulgaria". Parties and Elections in Europe.
^ ^a ^b Krasimirov, Angel (27 July 2014). "Bulgaria's Socialists pick new leader as election looms". Reuters. Archived from the original on August 16, 2016.
^ Leviev-Sawyer, Clive (26 January 2014). "Purvanov project hits BSP, Borissov's GERB back in the lead – poll". The Sofia Globe.
^ "Bulgaria". Europe Elects. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
^ Popivanov, Boris (2014). Changing Images of the Left in Bulgaria. Columbia University Press. p. 160.
^ Carney, Sean (6 October 2014). "Bulgaria Vote Fails to Break Deadlock". The Wall Street Journal.
^ "Резултати от избори за Европейски парламент 25.05.2014 г. за страната". Избори за Европейски Парламент 2014. CIK (Central electoral commission of Bulgaria).
^ "Резултати за страната при обработени 100% протоколи на СИК в РИК". Избори за народни представители 2014. CIK (Central electoral commission of Bulgaria).

External links

Official website (in Bulgarian)

[9] Run in coalition with Movement 21.

[BSP-10] Run as part of the BSP for Bulgaria coalition.

[11] Run as part of the Bulgarian Rise coalition.

[the_left-12] Run as part of The Left coalition.

[13] Run as part of the BSP – United Left coalition.

[14] Run as part of The Left! coalition.

[Nordsieck-1] Nordsieck, Wolfram (2017). "Bulgaria". Parties and Elections in Europe.

[Reuters-2] Krasimirov, Angel (27 July 2014). "Bulgaria's Socialists pick new leader as election looms". Reuters. Archived from the original on August 16, 2016.

[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).

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European Parliament (17 seats)	GERB—SDS 5; GERB SDS Movement for Rights and Freedoms (3) PP–DB 3; PP DSB Revival (3) BSP for Bulgaria 2; BSP There Is Such a People (1)
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