Bulgarian Democratic Center ( bg, Български Демократичен Център – an acronym for "Bulgarian Democratic Center"), formerly (''Lider'' – ''Liberal Initiative for Democratic European Development'') is a Bulgarian political party registered in 2007.

Participation in elections

Lider participated in the

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together with the

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Novoto Vreme and gathered 5.7% of the vote, which was just under the electoral quota. Lider participated in the 2009 parliamentary election outside of any

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, winning only 3.3% of the votes and therefore failing to secure parliamentary representation. Lider did not nominate a candidate for the 2011 presidential election. In the 2013 parliamentary elections Lider polled 61,482 (1.74%) votes. Once again the party failed to cross the 4% threshold for representation.

References

External links

* Conservative parties in Bulgaria Liberal parties in Bulgaria Political parties established in 2007 Pro-European political parties in Bulgaria 2007 establishments in Bulgaria {{Bulgaria-party-stub