BULGARIAN SOCIALIST PARTY
BULGARIAN SOCIALIST PARTY
BULGARIAN SOCIALIST PARTY, BSP (Bulgarian Socialist Party, BSP) is a political party in the Republic of Bulgaria.
The history of the party began in 1891, when the Bulgarian Social Democratic Party was founded. After 12 years, the organization was renamed the Bulgarian Workers' Social Democratic Party. From 1919 to 1990, the party adhered to the communist ideology and was called the Bulgarian Communist Party. The party received its modern structural form in 1990. According to data for 2020, the number of the party is 80,236 people.
From 1990 to 2014, the party won four national parliamentary elections and formed the government.
In the 2017 elections, the party received 80 deputy mandates out of 240 possible.
In 1996, the first popular presidential elections in Bulgaria were held, in which the party's candidate Ivan Marazov lost with 40.3% of the vote. From 2001 to 2011, the BSP candidate Georgy Parvanov was the president of the state for two consecutive terms. In 2011, party candidate Ivaylo Kalfin came in second in the presidential race.
In the 2017 presidential elections in Bulgaria, the party supported the nomination of Rumen Radev; he won in the second round with 59.37% of the vote.
The post of the Chairman of the party is held by the deputy of the National Assembly - Kornelia Ninova.
Since 2003, the Bulgarian Socialist Party has an agreement on interaction and cooperation with the All-Russian political party "United Russia".
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