The Other Bulgaria Explained

The Other Bulgaria
Другата България
Leader:Bozhidar Tomalevski
Country:Bulgaria
Founded:22 March 2009
Seats1 Title:National Assembly
Seats2 Title:European Parliament

The Other Bulgaria (Bulgarian: Другата България|Drugata Bulgaria) is a political party in Bulgaria that claims to represent Bulgarians living abroad. The party was founded on March 22, 2009 and is chaired by Bozhidar Tomalevski. Almost two months after its founding the party boasted 21,000 members in 26 countries.[1]

The party was founded with the hopes of allowing Bulgarian émigrés to have a say in how their country is run. The party goal is to unite Bulgarians all over the globe.[2]

The party ran in the 2009 parliamentary election and won only 3,455 votes (0.08%).

In their second parliamentary elections in 2013 the party won 2,497 votes (0.07%).

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Партията на българските емигранти "Другата България" получи съдебна регистрация и ще участва в парламентарните избори. BulFoto. BulFoto. 17 February 2014. (Bulgarian)
  2. For the complete party platform see: Web site: ЦЕЛИ. политическа партия Другата България. Другата България. 17 February 2014. (Bulgarian)