The Blue Coalition ( bg, Синята коалиция, Sinyata koalitsia) was a

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, whose members were the Union of Democratic Forces (SDS),

Democrats for a Strong Bulgaria Democrats for a Strong Bulgaria ( bg, Демократи за силна България, ДСБ, Demokrati za Silna Balgariya, DSB) is a political party in Bulgaria established by former Bulgarian Prime Minister Ivan Kostov (1997–2001). His ...

(DSB) and three smaller parties. The members of the European Parliament elected on the coalition's list sat with the

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Members

2009 * Union of Democratic Forces (SDS) — Съюз на демократичните сили (СДС) *

(DSB) — Демократи за силна България (ДСБ) *

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— Обединени земеделци *

Bulgarian Social Democratic Party The Bulgarian Social Democratic Party ( bg, Българска социалдемократическа партия, ''Balgarska Sotsialdemokraticheska Partiya'', BSDP) is a social democratic political party in Bulgaria Bulgaria (; bg, ...

(BSDP) — Българска социалдемократическа партия (БСДП) * Radical Democratic Party in Bulgaria (RDPB) — Радикалдемократическа партия в България (РДПБ)

Elections results

*In the

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, the coalition's first appearance in an election, the Blue Coalition gathered 7.95% of all votes in Bulgaria, earning one seat in the

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for

Nadezhda Mihaylova Nadezhda Neynsky,Name after her second marriage after she divorced with her previous husband. previously known as Nadezhda Nikolova Mihaylova ( bg, Надежда Николова Михайлова) (born 9 August 1962 in Sofia) is a Bulgarian p ...

. The coalition failed to earn a second European Parliament seat by 0.01%, or a few hundred votes at the expense of

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. * In the

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, the coalition won 6,8% of the popular vote and 15 of 240 seats * The October 2011 presidential elections were a disaster for the coalition. Their candidate, Rumen Hristov, secured only 1.95% of the popular vote. Strong rifts emerged in the coalition as the SDS and the DSB failed to reach a consensus on candidates for the municipal elections - also held in October.

Dissolution

On 15 May 2012 the Union of Democratic Forces National Council voted 49-34 to leave the Blue Coalition and stand alone in the

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parliamentary elections. This move came after negotiations between the two major powers of the coalition, SDS and DSB, concluded that the coalition must be dissolved. With the SDS out of the coalition, the DBS decided to run alone, bringing the Blue Coalition to an end. This move worried some as polls suggested neither of the two parties would be capable of crossing the 4% threshold in the upcoming election.

Members

Elections results

Dissolution

References

See also