The Constitutional Bloc ( bg, Конституционен блок) was a political alliance in

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in the early 1920s. It was formed by parties that opposed the ruling Bulgarian Agrarian National Union (BANU) in the early 1920s.

History

The alliance was formed on 6 July 1922 by the

United People's Progressive Party The United People's Progressive Party ( bg, Обединена народно-прогресивна партия, ''Obedinena narodno-progresivna partiya'', ONPP) was a political party in Bulgaria. History The party was formed by a merger of the ...

, the

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and the Radical Democratic Party,Raymond Detrez (2006
''Historical Dictionary of Bulgaria''
Scarecrow Press, p122 and aligned itself with the People's Alliance.RJ Crampton (2007) ''Bulgaria'', Oxford University Press, p231 It also launched a new newspaper called '' Slovo'' (''Word''). The alliance won 17 seats in the April 1923 elections,

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& Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p385 and also ran a joint list with the Bulgarian Social Democratic Workers Party (Broad Socialists) that failed to win a seat. However, its most prominent leaders were arrested and held prisoner on charges of being responsible for the defeats in the

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and

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. As a result, the party engineered a

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that overthrew the BANU government.Detrez, pxxx In August most of the alliance's leadership joined the new Democratic Alliance, after which it was dissolved.

References

{{Bulgarian political parties Defunct political party alliances in Bulgaria Political parties established in 1922 Political parties disestablished in 1923 1922 establishments in Bulgaria 1923 disestablishments in Bulgaria