The United People's Progressive Party (, ''Obedinena narodno-progresivna partiya'', ONPP) was a political party in
Bulgaria
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.
History
The party was formed by a merger of the
People's Party and the
Progressive Liberal Party
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History
The PLP was founded in 1953 by William Cartwright, Cyril Stevenson, and Henry Milton ...
in 1920, with People's Party leader
Ivan Evstratiev Geshov elected as the new party's first leader.
[Raymond Detrez (2006]
''Historical Dictionary of Bulgaria''
Scarecrow Press, p122 The ONPP joined the Constitutional Bloc alliance for the
April 1923 elections,
[ Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p374 ] which won 17 seats.
[Nohlen & Stöver, p385]
Following the
June 1923 coup, the party joined the
Democratic Alliance,
[ which went on to win elections in November 1923.
The ONPP contested the 1927 elections alone, but received only 1.5% of the vote and failed to win a seat.][Nohlen & Stöver, p386] In the 1931 elections its vote share fell to 0.6% and the party remained without a seat.
References
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