Bulgaria s July elections: GERB-UDF 20 3%, Trifonov s ITN 18 2% – Alpha Research
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Bulgaria s Ultra-Nationalist and Populist Parties Form Alliance to Run for July 11 Election Together - Novinite com
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Ultra-nationalist parties VMRO and the National Front for the Salvation of Bulgaria, along with populists Volya, have agreed to stand together in Bulgaria’s July 11 2021 parliamentary elections under the name “Bulgarian Patriots”, the parties announced on May 20.
The leaders of the three parties – Krassimir Karakachanov, Valeri Simeonov and Vesselin Mareshki – will not stand as candidate MPs.
The decision for the leaders not to stand follows a proposal by Karakachanov, against a background of previous infighting that brought down earlier “patriotic” coalitions.
In Bulgaria’s April 4 parliamentary elections, no ultra-nationalist formation surpassed the threshold of a four per cent share of votes to win seats in the National Assembly
Krassimir Karakachanov’s
ultra-nationalist VMRO party’s executive met on May 13 to discuss options for its approach to the July parliamentary elections, including standing alone or in a coalition with like-minded formations.
Ultra-nationalist parties won no seats in
Bulgaria’s April 4 parliamentary elections.
All other parliaments from 2005 onwards had included
ultra-nationalist parties, and in Boiko Borissov’s third cabinet, the “United Patriots” were the government minority partner.
The April elections saw VMRO come the closest, at 3.64 per cent, to surpassing the threshold of a four per cent share of votes to win seats in the National Assembly.
Kostadin Kostadinov’s pro-Russian Vuzrazhdane party got 2.45 per cent, the Volya-National Front for the Salvation of