Communist Party of Bulgaria

Not to be confused with Bulgarian Communist Party.

Communist Party of Bulgaria
Leader	Aleksandar Paunov
Founded	1996
Newspaper	Rabotnicheski Vestnik
Ideology	Communism Marxism–Leninism
Political position	Left-wing
National affiliation	Coalition for Bulgaria
International affiliation	International Meeting of Communist and Workers' Parties
Colours	Red
National Assembly	0 / 240
Website
http://comparty-bg.org/ (archived)
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The Communist Party of Bulgaria (Bulgarian: Комунистическа Партия на България, Komunisticeska Partija na Balgarija, KPB) is a communist party in Bulgaria, currently led by Aleksandar Paunov.

The party was founded in 1996 as the Communist Party.^[1] Since 2001 it is part of the Coalition for Bulgaria, an alliance led by the Bulgarian Socialist Party. The party publishes the newspaper Rabotnicheski Vestnik.^[1]

In the 2014 parliamentary election, the Coalition for Bulgaria received 15.4% of the popular vote and 39 out of 240 seats.

References

1 2 Leftist Parties of Bulgaria

Political parties in Bulgaria

National Assembly (240 seats)	GERB (84) BSP - Left Bulgaria (38) Movement for Rights and Freedoms (30) Reformist Bloc (23) Patriotic Front (18) Bulgaria Without Censorship (14) Attack (11) ABV (11) Independent (11)

European Parliament (17 seats)	GERB (6) Bulgarian Socialist Party (4) Movement for Rights and Freedoms (4) Bulgaria Without Censorship (1) IMRO – Bulgarian National Movement (1) Reformist Bloc (1) Democrats for a Strong Bulgaria (1)

Unrepresented	Bulgarian Agrarian National Union Bulgarian Communist Party – Marxists Bulgarian Communist Party (Vladimir Spasov) Bulgaria for Citizens Movement Bulgarian New Democracy Bulgarian Left Civil Union "Roma" Democrats for a Strong Bulgaria For the Homeland George's Day Movement Green Party of Bulgaria Lider Movement for an Equal Public Model National Movement for the Salvation of the Fatherland Nationalist Party of Bulgaria New Time Order, Law and Justice Party of the Liberal Alternative and Peace Pirate Party Political Movement "Social Democrats" Reformist Bloc Union of the Bulgarian Patriots Union of Communists in Bulgaria Union of Democratic Forces The Greens The Other Bulgaria Union of Free Democrats Union of the Patriotic Forces "Defense"

Defunct	Alternative Social-Liberal Party Bulgarian Business Bloc Bulgarian Communist Party Bulgarian Euro-Left Bulgarian National Socialist Workers Party Bulgarian People's Union Bulgarian Social Democratic Workers Party (Broad Socialists) Bulgarian United Communist Party Communist Workers' Party of Bulgaria Conservative Party Constitutional Bloc Democratic Alliance George Ganchev's Bloc Liberal Party Liberal Party (Radoslavists) Movement for Social Humanism National Ideal for Unity National Liberal Party National Social Movement Patriotic Party of Labour People for Real, Open and United Democracy People's Alliance People's Liberal Party People's Party Progressive Liberal Party Social Democratic Union 'Proletarian' United Labour Social Democratic Party United People's Progressive Party Young Liberals Party Zveno

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