The United Labour Social Democratic Party (Обединена работническа социалдемократическа партия, ''Obedinena rabotnicheska sotsialdemokraticheska partiya'', ORSDP) 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 Macedon ...

History

The party was established as a breakaway from the

Bulgarian Social Democratic Workers Party (Broad Socialists) The Bulgarian Social Democratic Workers Party (Broad Socialists) ( bg, Българска работническа социалдемократическа партия (широки социалисти), ''Balgarska rabotnicheska sotsialdemokra ...

following the 1923 coup, and was initially allied with the Democratic Alliance. Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p374 The party first contested national elections alone in 1931, when it ran in the National Assembly elections, but failed to win a seat. Between 1945 and 1947 the ORSDP was allied with

Bulgarian Agrarian People's Union "Nikola Petkov" The Bulgarian Agrarian National Union Bulgarian Agrarian National U ...

, with the parties running a joint list in the 1946 Constitutional Assembly election. The joint list finished in second place with 101 seats. The following year a Communist regime was established.Nohlen & Stöver, p355

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