The Bulgarian Social Democratic Union ( bg, Български социалдемократически съюз) was a Bulgarian leftist group founded in 1892.

History

In 1892 a group, led by Yanko Sakazov, founded a reformist organization, the ''Bulgarian Social Democratic Union'' (hence their name, ''Unionists''). This group was opposed by another one,

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Bulgarian Socialdemocratic Party The Bulgarian Social Democratic Party ( bg, Българска социалдемократическа партия, translit=Balgarska Socialdemokraticheska Partiya; ) was the first name of the party created by Dimitar Blagoev on the 1891 Buzlu ...

(later called ''Partists''), which was headed by

Dimitar Blagoev Dimitar Blagoev Nikolov (, mk, Димитар Благоев Николов; 14 June 1856 – 7 May 1924) was a Bulgarian political leader and philosopher. He was the founder of the Bulgarian left-wing political movement and of the first social- ...

. In 1894, Blagoev’s supporters agreed to unite with the Unionists in the interests of working class unity and took the name ''

Bulgarian Social Democratic Workers' Party The Bulgarian Workers' Social Democratic Party ( bg, Българска работническа социалдемократическа партия, translit=Bŭlgarska rabotnicheska sotsialdemokraticheska partiya; BRSDP) was a Bulgarian leftis ...

''. The First Congress (July 1894), at which the Unionists were in the majority, adopted a program and statutes that were primarily reformist. They gained the majority in the leadership.

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Defunct political parties in Bulgaria Political parties disestablished in 1894 Political parties established in 1892 Social democratic parties in Bulgaria {{Bulgaria-party-stub