The Alternative for Bulgarian Revival ( bg, Алтернатива за българско възраждане, Alternativa za balgarsko vazrazhdane, АБВ) is a

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. ''ABV'', the romanized party's initials in Bulgarian, are the first three letters of the

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, equivalent to ''ABC''. A

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party, it holds

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and "quasi-nationalist social conservative" views.

History

The party was founded and is led by

Georgi Parvanov Georgi Sedefchov Parvanov ( bg, Георги Седефчов Първанов, ) (born 28 June 1957) is a Bulgarian historian and politician who was President of Bulgaria from 2002 to 2012. He was elected after defeating incumbent Petar Sto ...

, who was the

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from 2002 to 2012, as a splinter from the

Bulgarian Socialist Party The Bulgarian Socialist Party ( bg, Българска социалистическа партия, translit=Balgarska sotsialisticheska partiya, BSP), also known as The Centenarian ( bg, Столетницата, links=no, translit=Stoletnitsat ...

. In the May 2014 European Parliament election in Bulgaria, the party received 4% of the vote, failing to elect any

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. In the

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, the party received 4.15% of the vote and 11 seats in the

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List of chairmen

Election results

References

External links

Official website
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