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Agrarian Union "Aleksandar Stamboliyski"

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Agrarian Union
"Aleksandar Stamboliyski"
Земеделски съюз
„Александър Стамболийски“
AbbreviationZS-AS
LeaderSpas Panchev
Founded1993
Split fromBulgarian Agrarian People's Union
HeadquartersSofia
IdeologyAgrarianism
Political positionCentre-left
National affiliationBSP for Bulgaria (1994–1997, 2013–April 2021)
The Left (2023-)
Colours  Orange
  Green
National Assembly
1 / 240
European Parliament
0 / 17
Municipalities
4 / 265
Website
bznsas.org

The Agrarian Union "Aleksandar Stamboliyski" (Bulgarian: Земеделски съюз „Александър Стамболийски“, romanizedZemedelski Sayuz "Aleksandar Stamboliyski", ZS-AS), is an agrarian political party in Bulgaria.

It was founded in 1993 by members of the Bulgarian Agrarian People's Union. Until 2005 it was known as the Bulgarian Agrarian People's Union "Aleksandar Stamboliyski" (Balgarski Zemedelski Naroden Sayuz "Aleksandar Stamboliyski", BZNS-AS). Since 2001 it is part of the Coalition for Bulgaria, an alliance led by the Bulgarian Socialist Party.

At the Bulgarian parliamentary election in 2009, the Coalition for Bulgaria received 17.7% of the popular vote and 40 out of 240 seats. The party had only 1 seat for its leader Panchev.

During the 2017 Bulgarian parliamentary election the ZS-AS ran on the electoral-list of Coalition for Bulgaria, where it won 1 seat of a total of 80, that the coalition won. In 2019 due to squabbles with BSP, ZS-AS left the alliance and its one single MP move to the group of the Independent MPs in parliament, still representing the ZS-AS.

Election results

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National Assembly

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Election Leader Votes % Seats +/– Government
1994[a] Svetoslav Shivarov 2,262,943 43.50 (#1)
1 / 240
New Coalition
1997[a] 939,308 22.07 (#2)
0 / 240
Decrease 1 Extra-parliamentary
2001[b] 783,372 17.15 (#3)
0 / 240
Steady 0 Extra-parliamentary
2005[b] Spas Panchev 1,129,196 30.95 (#1)
0 / 240
Steady 0 Extra-parliamentary
2009[b] 748,147 17.70 (#2)
1 / 240
Increase 1 Opposition
2013[b] 942,541 26.62 (#2)
1 / 240
Steady 0 Coalition
2014[c] 505,527 15.40 (#2)
1 / 240
Steady 0 Opposition
2017[d] 955,490 27.19 (#2)
1 / 240
Steady 0 Opposition
Apr 2021[d] 480,146 14.79 (#3)
0 / 240
Decrease 1 Extra-parliamentary
Jul 2021 Did not contest
0 / 240
Steady 0 Extra-parliamentary
Nov 2021 Did not contest
0 / 240
Steady 0 Extra-parliamentary
2022 Did not contest
0 / 240
Steady 0 Extra-parliamentary
2023[e] Spas Panchev 56,481 2.14 (#8)
0 / 240
Steady 0 Extra-parliamentary
Jun 2024[e] 15,175 0.69 (#13)
0 / 240
Steady 0 Extra-parliamentary
  1. ^ a b Run as part of the Democratic Left coalition.
  2. ^ a b c d Run as part of the Coalition for Bulgaria coalition.
  3. ^ Run as part of the BSP – Left Bulgaria coalition.
  4. ^ a b Run as part of the BSP for Bulgaria coalition.
  5. ^ a b Run as part of The Left coalition.

European Parliament

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Election List leader Votes % Seats +/– EP Group
2024[a] Valeri Zhablyanov 10,230 0.51 (#14)
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New
  1. ^ Run as part of The Left! coalition.
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