George Ganchev's Bloc ( bg, Блокът на Жорж Ганчев, ''Blokit na Zhorzh Ganchev'', BZG) was a
political party
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in
Bulgaria
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.
History
The party was founded by
George Ganchev
George Ganchev (born Georgi Petrushev) ( bg, Жорж Ганчев , born ; August 29, 1939 – August 19, 2019) was a Bulgarian politician and founder of the now-defunct political parties Bulgarian Business Bloc and George Ganchev's Bloc.
...
ahead of the
2001 parliamentary elections after he left the
Bulgarian Business Bloc
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 v ...
(BBB). Whilst the BBB had won twelve seats in the
1997 elections,
[ Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p387 ] the new party received only 0.4% of the vote and failed to win a seat, whilst the BBB received just 162 votes, losing all 12 seats.
In the
presidential elections
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Elections by country
Albania
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Chile
The pr ...
later in the year, Ganchev ran, but received just 3.4% of the vote.
2001 Presidential Elections
University of Essex
References
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Defunct political parties in Bulgaria