The Bulgarian Business Bloc ( bg, Български бизнес блок, Bulgarski biznes blok, BBB) was a political party in Bulgaria.

History

The party first participated in national elections in 1991, when it received 1.3% of the national vote in the

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but failed to win a seat. In the presidential elections the following year, its candidate George Ganchev finished third with 17% of the vote.

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& Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p388 In the 1994 parliamentary elections the party increased its vote share to 4.7% and won 13 seats in the National Assembly. Ganchev was the party's candidate for the 1996 presidential elections, again finishing third with 22% of the vote. Despite increase its vote share to 5.3% in the 1997 parliamentary elections, the party was reduced to 12 seats. Shortly before the 2001 parliamentary elections Ganchev left the party to establish

George Ganchev's Bloc George Ganchev's Bloc ( bg, Блокът на Жорж Ганчев, ''Blokit na Zhorzh Ganchev'', BZG) was a political party in Bulgaria. History The party was founded by George Ganchev ahead of the 2001 parliamentary elections after he left th ...

. The split resulted in the BBB receiving just 162 votes, losing all its seats in the National Assembly, whilst the George Ganchev's Bloc also received less than 1% of the vote and failed to win a seat.2001 Parliamentary Election
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References

{{Authority control Defunct political parties in Bulgaria