Bulgarian Democratic Center Explained

Country:Bulgaria
Bulgarian Democratic Center
Native Name:Български Демократичен Център
Leader:Krassimira Kovachka, Stefan Kenov
Foundation:2007
Headquarters:Sofia, Bulgaria
Ideology:
Liberalism[1]
Conservatism[2]
Pro-Europeanism[3]
Position:Centre to centre-right[4]
Colours:Blue
Seats1 Title:National Assembly
Seats2 Title:European Parliament

Bulgarian Democratic Center (Bulgarian: Български Демократичен Център – an acronym for "Bulgarian Democratic Center"), formerly (LiderLiberal Initiative for Democratic European Development)[5] is a Bulgarian political party registered in 2007.

Participation in elections

Lider participated in the 2009 European Parliament election together with the center-right political party Novoto Vreme and gathered 5.7% of the vote, which was just under the electoral quota.[6] Lider participated in the 2009 parliamentary election outside of any right-wing coalition, 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.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Bulgaria Energy Tycoon Hristo Kovachki: Both Stanishev and Borisov Are No Good. 22 May 2009. Dikov. Ivan. Novinite. 2 August 2022.
  2. Book: Wolfgang . Ismayr . Solveig . Richter . Markus . Söldner . 2010 . Die politischen Systeme Osteuropas . 9783531162010 . 704 . 9783531162010.
  3. Web site: ПРОГРАМА ПП БДЦ. Bulgarian Democratic Center. 2 August 2022.
  4. Web site: Tricky times to follow Bulgaria's July elections. bne IntelliNews. 29 June 2009. 7 August 2022.
  5. Web site: POLITICAL PARTIES AND LEADERS. CIA. 21 November 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20120504223357/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/2118.html. 4 May 2012. dead.
  6. Web site: Method. 21 November 2011. Central Electoral Commission for election of Members of the European Parliament of Republic of BULGARIA (TSIKEP). bg.