The Alternative for Bulgarian Revival (, АБВ, ABV) is a centre-left political party in Bulgaria. ABV, the romanized party's initials in Bulgarian, are the first three letters of the Cyrillic alphabet, equivalent to ABC. A social-democratic party, it is pro-European, and holds "quasi-nationalist social conservative" views.
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 (BSP). 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 (MEP). In the 2014 Bulgarian parliamentary election, the party received 4.15% of the vote and 11 seats in the National Assembly.
List of chairmen No.Name(birth–death) PortraitTerm 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 +/– Government2014Georgi Parvanov136,2234.15 (8th)New (2014-2016) (2016-2017) 2017 Konstantin Prodanov 54,412 1.55 (10th) 11 Apr 2021Rumen Petkov 14,794 0.45 (14th) 0 Jul 2021 365,695 13.22 (3rd) 0 Nov 2021 267,817 10.07 (4th) 1 2022 115,872 4.47 (7th) 0 2023 56,481 2.14 (8th) 1 Jun 2024 15,175 0.69 (13th) 0 Oct 2024 184,403 7.32 (5th) 0 2026 97,753 2.97 (8th) 0
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 (6th) New– 2019 Boyan Durankev 16,759 0.86 (13th) 0 2024 Valeri Zhablyanov 10,230 0.51 (14th) 0
See also List of political parties in Bulgaria Progressive Bulgaria
References
External links Official website