Agrarian Union "Aleksandar Stamboliyski"

Bulgarian political party

Agrarian Union "Aleksandar Stamboliyski" Земеделски съюз „Александър Стамболийски“
Abbreviation	ZS-AS
Leader	Spas Panchev
Founded	1993
Split from	Bulgarian Agrarian People's Union
Headquarters	Sofia
Ideology	Agrarianism
Political position	Centre-left
National affiliation	BSP 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
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The Agrarian Union "Aleksandar Stamboliyski" (Bulgarian: Земеделски съюз „Александър Стамболийски“, romanized: Zemedelski 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

National Assembly

Election	Leader	Votes	%	Seats	+/–	Government
1994	Svetoslav Shivarov	2,262,943	43.50 (#1)	1 / 240	New	Coalition
1997		939,308	22.07 (#2)	0 / 240	1	Extra-parliamentary
2001		783,372	17.15 (#3)	0 / 240	0	Extra-parliamentary
2005	Spas Panchev	1,129,196	30.95 (#1)	0 / 240	0	Extra-parliamentary
2009		748,147	17.70 (#2)	1 / 240	1	Opposition
2013		942,541	26.62 (#2)	1 / 240	0	Coalition
2014		505,527	15.40 (#2)	1 / 240	0	Opposition
2017		955,490	27.19 (#2)	1 / 240	0	Opposition
Apr 2021		480,146	14.79 (#3)	0 / 240	1	Extra-parliamentary
Jul 2021	Did not contest			0 / 240	0	Extra-parliamentary
Nov 2021	Did not contest			0 / 240	0	Extra-parliamentary
2022	Did not contest			0 / 240	0	Extra-parliamentary
2023	Spas Panchev	56,481	2.14 (#8)	0 / 240	0	Extra-parliamentary
Jun 2024	Spas Panchev	15,175	0.69 (#13)	0 / 240	0	Extra-parliamentary

^ Run as part of the Democratic Left coalition.
^ Run as part of the Coalition for Bulgaria coalition.
Run as part of the BSP – Left Bulgaria coalition.
^ Run as part of the BSP for Bulgaria coalition.
^ Run as part of The Left coalition.

European Parliament

Election	List leader	Votes	%	Seats	+/–	EP Group
2024	Valeri Zhablyanov	10,230	0.51 (#14)	0 / 17	New	–

Run as part of The Left! coalition.

External links

Official website

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