BSP for Bulgaria

Left-wing Bulgarian political alliance

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BSP for Bulgaria

БСП за България
BSP za Bŭlgariya

Abbreviation| BSP
Leader| Korneliya Ninova
Parliamentary leader| Borislav Gutsanov [bg][1]
Founded| 1991 (1991) (Pre-Electoral Union)
1994 (1994) (Democratic Left)
2001 (2001) (Coalition for Bulgaria)
2014 (2014) (BSP – Left Bulgaria)
2017 (2017) (BSP for Bulgaria)
Headquarters| 20 Positano Street, Sofia
Ideology| Social democracy[2]
Democratic socialism
Left-wing populism
Social conservatism[3]
Political position| Centre-left
Member parties (February 2023)|

* BSP
* Ecoglasnost
* Trakiya Political Club

Colours|  Red
National Assembly|

18 / 240

European Parliament|

2 / 17

Sofia City Council|

9 / 61

Website
bsp.bg

* Politics of Bulgaria
* Political parties
* Elections

Politics of Bulgaria

Constitution

* 1879
* 1947
* 1971
* 1991

Presidency

* President (list)

Rumen Radev
* Vice President

Iliana Iotova

* Executive
* Legislative

* Government
* Prime Minister (list)

Nikolay Denkov
* National Assembly

Speaker: Rosen Zhelyazkov

* Law
* Judiciary

* Nationality law
* Human rights
* Courts

Constitutional Court
Supreme Administrative Court
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Office of the General Prosecutor

Major political parties

* PP
* GERB
* DPS
* Bulgarian Socialist Party
* Democratic Bulgaria
* Revival
* Bulgarian Rise

Recent elections

*     * Presidential: 2011
* 2016
* 2021

*     * Parliamentary: 2022
* 2023
* 2024 (Jun)

*     * European: 2014
* 2019
* 2024

Administrative divisions

* Provinces (oblasti)
* Municipalities (obshtini)

Foreign relations

* 2007 EU enlargement

Kristalina Georgieva

* * *

* Politics of the European Union

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The BSP for Bulgaria (Bulgarian: БСП за България, romanized: BSP za Bŭlgariya), or the Coalition for Bulgaria[4] (Bulgarian: Коалиция за България, romanized: Koalitsiya za Bŭlgariya) until 2017, is a centre-left electoral alliance in Bulgaria led by the centre-left Bulgarian Socialist Party. A big tent of the democratic socialist left, it is a coalition of communist, left-wing nationalist, green, and social-democratic parties. On European Union politics, the majority of its members hold pro-European views, while a minority hold more Eurosceptic stances.

## Members of the coalition

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2017 coalition logo Year
Name  | Member parties

|

1991
Pre-Electoral Union[5] |

* BLP
* Bulgarian Socialist Party (Българска социалистическа партия)
* Christian Republican Party (Християнска републиканска партия)
* Era-3
* FBSM
* National Liberal Party–Stefan Stambolov (Националлиберална партия)
* Patriotic Party of Labour (Отечествена партия на труда)
* PKhZhD
* SDPD
* SMS

1994–1997
Democratic Left  |

* Agrarian Union "Aleksandar Stamboliyski" (Zemedelski sayuz "Aleksandar Stamboliyski")
* Bulgarian Socialist Party (Balgarska sotsialisticheska partiya)
* "Ecoglasnost" Political Club (Politicheski klub "Ekoglasnost")

2001–2005 |

* Bulgarian Agrarian People's Union "Aleksandar Stamboliyski" (Balgarski Zemedelski Naroden Sayuz "Aleksandar Stamboliyski")
* Bulgarian Socialist Party (Balgarska sotsialisticheska partiya).
* Civil Union "Roma" (Grazhdansko obedinenie "Roma")
* Communist Party of Bulgaria (Komunisticheska partiya na Bulgaria)
* Green Party of Bulgaria (Zelena partiya na Bulgaria)
* Movement for Social Humanism (Dvizhenie za sotsialen humanizam)
* Party of Bulgarian Social Democrats (Partiya Balgarski sotsialdemokrati)
* Political Movement "Social Democrats" (Politichesko dvizhenie "Sotsialdemokrati")

2007
European Socialists Platform  |

* Bulgarian Socialist Party (Balgarska sotsialisticheska partiya).
* Movement for Social Humanism (Dvizhenie za sotsialen humanizam)

2009 |

* Bulgarian Socialist Party (Balgarska sotsialisticheska partiya).
* Civil Union "Roma" (Grazhdansko obedinenie "Roma")
* Communist Party of Bulgaria (Komunisticheska partiya na Bulgaria)
* Movement for Social Humanism (Dvizhenie za sotsialen humanizam)
* New Dawn [bg] (Nova zora)
* Party of Bulgarian Social Democrats (Partiya Balgarski sotsialdemokrati)

2013 |

* Agrarian Union "Aleksandar Stamboliyski" (Zemedelski sayuz "Aleksandar Stamboliyski")
* Bulgarian Socialist Party (Balgarska sotsialisticheska partiya).
* Civil Union "Roma" (Grazhdansko obedinenie "Roma")
* Communist Party of Bulgaria (Komunisticheska partiya na Bulgaria)
* European Security and Integration (Evropeyska sigurnost i integratsiya)
* Movement for Social Humanism (Dvizhenie za sotsialen humanizam)
* New Dawn [bg] (Nova zora)
* Party of Bulgarian Social Democrats (Partiya Balgarski sotsialdemokrati)

2014
BSP – Left Bulgaria  |

* Agrarian Union "Aleksandar Stamboliyski" (Zemedelski sayuz "Aleksandar Stamboliyski")
* Bulgarian Socialist Party (Balgarska sotsialisticheska partiya).
* Civil Union "Roma" (Grazhdansko obedinenie "Roma")
* Communist Party of Bulgaria (Komunisticheska partiya na Bulgaria)
* Ecoglasnost (Ekoglasnost)
* European Security and Integration (Evropeyska sigurnost i integratsiya)
* Movement for Social Humanism (Dvizhenie za sotsialen humanizam)
* New Dawn [bg] (Nova zora)
* Party of Bulgarian Social Democrats (Partiya Balgarski sotsialdemokrati)
* Party of the Bulgarian Communists (Partiya na balgarskite komunisti)
* Social Democrats (Sotsialdemokrati)
* Union of Communists in Bulgaria (Sayuz na komunistite v Balgariya)
* United Social Democracy (Obedinena sotsialdemokratsiya)

2017
BSP for Bulgaria[6] |

* Agrarian Union "Aleksandar Stamboliyski" (Zemedelski sayuz "Aleksandar Stamboliyski")
* Bulgarian Socialist Party (Balgarska sotsialisticheska partiya)
* Communist Party of Bulgaria (Komunisticheska partiya na Bulgaria)
* Ecoglasnost (Ekoglasnost)
* New Dawn [bg] (Nova zora)
* Party of Bulgarian Social Democrats (Partiya Balgarski sotsialdemokrati)
* "Tracia" Political Club (Politicheski klub "Trakiya")

April 2021
BSP for Bulgaria  |

* Agrarian Union "Aleksandar Stamboliyski" (Zemedelski sayuz "Aleksandar Stamboliyski")
* Bulgarian Socialist Party (Balgarska sotsialisticheska partiya)
* Communist Party of Bulgaria (Komunisticheska partiya na Bulgaria)
* Ecoglasnost (Ekoglasnost)
* New Dawn [bg] (Nova zora)
* "Tracia" Political Club (Politicheski klub "Trakiya")

July 2021
BSP for Bulgaria |

* Alternative for Bulgarian Revival (Alternativa za balgarsko vazrazhdane)
* Bulgarian Left (Bǎlgarskata levitsa)
* Bulgarian Socialist Party (Balgarska sotsialisticheska partiya)
* Communist Party of Bulgaria (Komunisticheska partiya na Bulgaria)
* Council of the European Scientific and Cultural Community (Sŭvet na evropeĭskata nauchna i kulturna obshtnost)
* Ecoglasnost (Ekoglasnost)
* Federation of Consumers in Bulgaria (Federatsiya na potrebitelite v Bŭlgariya)
* Movement for Social Humanism (Dvizhenie za sotsialen humanizam)
* Movement of Non-Party Candidates (Dvizhenie na nepartiĭnite kandidati)
* National Committee for the Protection of National Interests (Obshtonaroden komitet za zashtita na nats. interesi)
* New Dawn [bg] (Nova zora)
* Normal State (Normalna dŭrzhava)
* People's Power (Narodna sila)
* "Tracia" Political Club (Politicheski klub "Trakiya")
* Union for the Fatherland (Sŭyuz za Otechestvoto)
* United Bloc of Labour (Obedinen blok na truda)

November 2021
BSP for Bulgaria |

* Alternative for Bulgarian Revival (Alternativa za balgarsko vazrazhdane)
* Party of Bulgarian Social Democrats (партия Български социалдемократи)
* Bulgarian Left (Bǎlgarskata levitsa)
* Bulgarian Socialist Party (Balgarska sotsialisticheska partiya)
* Bulgarian Spring (Bŭlgarskata prolet)
* Communist Party of Bulgaria (Komunisticheska partiya na Bulgaria)
* Council of the European Scientific and Cultural Community (Sŭvet na evropeĭskata nauchna i kulturna obshtnost)
* Ecoglasnost (Ekoglasnost)
* Federation of Consumers in Bulgaria (Federatsiya na potrebitelite v Bŭlgariya)
* For Social and Civic Development (Za sotsialno i grazhdansko razvitie)
* Movement for Social Humanism (Dvizhenie za sotsialen humanizam)
* Movement of Non-Party Candidates (Dvizhenie na nepartiĭnite kandidati)
* National Committee for the Protection of National Interests (Obshtonaroden komitet za zashtita na nats. interesi)
* National Syndicate "Protection" (Natsionalen sindikat „Zashtita“)
* New Dawn [bg] (Nova zora)
* Normal State (Normalna dŭrzhava)
* People's Power (Narodna sila)
* "Tracia" Political Club (Politicheski klub "Trakiya")
* Union for the Fatherland (Sŭyuz za Otechestvoto)
* United Bloc of Labour (Obedinen blok na truda)

2022–2023
BSP for Bulgaria |

* Bulgarian Socialist Party (Balgarska sotsialisticheska partiya)
* Ecoglasnost (Ekoglasnost)
* "Tracia" Political Club (Politicheski klub "Trakiya")

## Election results

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### National Assembly

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Election  | Votes  | %  | Seats  | +/–  | Government

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1991 | 1,836,050  | 33.14 (2nd)  |

106 / 240

|  | Opposition
1994 | 2,262,943  | 43.50 (1st)  |

125 / 240

|  19  | Majority
1997 | 939,308  | 22.44 (2nd)  |

58 / 240

|  73  | Opposition
2001 | 783,372  | 17.15 (3rd)  |

48 / 240

|  10  | Opposition
2005 | 1,129,196  | 30.95 (1st)  |

82 / 240

|  34  | Coalition
2009 | 748,114  | 17.70 (2nd)  |

40 / 240

|  42  | Opposition
2013 | 942,541  | 26.61 (2nd)  |

84 / 240

|  44  | Coalition
2014 | 505,527  | 15.40 (2nd)  |

39 / 240

|  45  | Opposition
2017 | 955,490  | 27.19 (2nd)  |

80 / 240

|  41  | Opposition
Apr 2021 | 480,146  | 15.01 (3rd)  |

43 / 240

|  37  | Snap election
Jul 2021 | 365,695  | 13.39 (3rd)  |

36 / 240

|  7  | Snap election
Nov 2021 | 266,667  | 10.12 (4th)  |

26 / 240

|  9  | Coalition
2022 | 232,958  | 8.98 (5th)  |

25 / 240

|  1  | Snap election
2023 | 225,914  | 8.94 (5th)  |

23 / 240

|  2  | Opposition
Jun 2024 | 151,557  | 6.85 (5th)  |

19 / 240

|  4  | Snap election
Oct 2024 |  |  |  |  |

## References

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1. ^ https://parliament.bg/bg/parliamentarygroups/3361 ПАРЛАМЕНТАРНА ГРУПА "БСП ЗА БЪЛГАРИЯ"
2. ^ Nordsieck, Wolfram (2021). "Bulgaria". Parties and Elections in Europe.
3. ^ "European Election Watch Bulgaria". Center for Strategic and International Studies.
4. ^ "European Election Watch Bulgaria". Center for Strategic and International Studies. Archived from the original on 14 November 2021. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
5. ^ "1991 Parliamentary Elections". University of Essex. Archived from the original on 27 July 2007. Retrieved 20 October 2021.
6. ^ "Bulgarian Socialist Party signs election coalition deal with five parties including communists". The Sofia Globe. 7 February 2017. Retrieved 8 February 2017.

## External links

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* BSP official website

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Political parties in Bulgaria

National Assembly
(240 seats)|

* GERB—SDS
* 68; GERB
* SDS
* Movement for Rights and Freedoms (44)
* PP–DB
* 41; PP
* DaB!
* DSB
* ZD
* SEC
* Volt
* Revival (38)
* BSP for Bulgaria
* 19; BSP
* Ecoglasnost
* PK "Trakiya"
* There Is Such a People (17)
* Velichie (13)

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)

Unrepresented|

* Agrarian Union "Aleksandar Stamboliyski"
* Alternative for Bulgarian Revival
* Attack
* Bulgaria for Citizens Movement
* Bulgarian Agrarian National Union
* Bulgarian Communist Party (modern)
* Bulgarian Left
* Bulgarian National Unification
* Bulgarian National Union – New Democracy
* Bulgarian New Democracy
* Bulgarian Progressive Line
* Bulgarian Rise
* Bulgarian Social Democracy – EuroLeft
* Bulgarian Summer
* Civil Union "Roma"
* Communist Party of Bulgaria
* Ecoglasnost
* Green Party of Bulgaria
* Lider
* Movement 21
* Movement for an Equal Public Model
* National Democratic Party
* National Movement for the Salvation of the Fatherland
* National Movement for Stability and Progress
* Nationalist Party of Bulgaria
* Party of the Bulgarian Communists
* People's Voice
* Political Movement "Social Democrats"
* Reload Bulgaria
* Republicans for Bulgaria
* Russophiles for the Revival of the Fatherland
* Stand Up.BG
* The Left!
* The Other Bulgaria
* Union of Communists in Bulgaria
* Union of Free Democrats
* Union of the Patriotic Forces "Defense"

Defunct|

* Alternative Social-Liberal Party
* Bulgarian Business Bloc
* Bulgarian Communist Party
* Bulgarian Communist Party – Marxists
* Bulgarian Euro-Left
* National Socialist Bulgarian Workers Party
* Bulgarian People's Union
* Bulgarian Social Democratic Workers Party (Broad Socialists)
* Bulgarian United Communist Party
* Communist Workers' Party of Bulgaria
* Conservative Party
* Constitutional Bloc
* Democratic Alliance
* George Ganchev's Bloc
* Liberal Party
* Liberal Party (Radoslavists)
* Movement for Social Humanism
* National Ideal for Unity
* National Liberal Party
* National Social Movement
* Order, Law and Justice
* Patriotic Front
* Patriotic Party of Labour
* People for Real, Open and United Democracy
* People's Alliance
* People's Liberal Party
* People's Party
* Progressive Liberal Party
* Reformist Bloc
* Social Democratic Union 'Proletarian'
* United Labour Social Democratic Party
* United Patriots
* United People's Progressive Party
* Young Liberals Party
* Zveno

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