The People's Party ( bg, Народна партия, ''Narodna partiya'') was a political party in

Bulgaria Bulgaria (; bg, България, Bǎlgariya), officially the Republic of Bulgaria,, ) is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern flank of the Balkans, and is bordered by Romania to the north, Serbia and North Mac ...

between 1894 and 1920.

History

The party was established in 1894 by Konstantin Stoilov, winning the elections that year."The Bulgarian Elections", ''The Times'', 25 September 1894 The party went on to win the

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, but were reduced to just two seats in the 1899 elections.

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& Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p384 The NP recovered, claiming 29 seats in 1901 and 28 seats in

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, before winning the 1903 elections with 134 of the 189 seats in the National Assembly. However, the independent

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was appointed Prime Minister and formed a cabinet with members of the People's Liberal Party,Nohlen & Stöver, p391 who held just eight seats. The

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saw the party reduced to seven seats. However, in 1911 the NP formed an alliance with the

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that won large majorities in the Constitutional Assembly elections in June and the

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in September. The NP was the larger of the two factions, with 99 of the alliance's 190 seats. Party leader Ivan Evstratiev Geshov was appointed Prime Minister. In 1913 the party lost power again after losing all but five seats in the elections that year. The 1914 elections saw the NP gain a further five seats, and the

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resulted in another increase to 19 seats. However, the party was reduced to 14 seats in the 1920 elections. Later in the year the party merged with the

to form the United People's Progressive Party.Nohlen & Stöver, p372

References

{{Bulgarian political parties Defunct political parties in Bulgaria Political parties established in 1894 Political parties disestablished in 1920