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Political party in Bulgaria

Union of Free Democrats Съюз на свободните демократи

Leader	Radoslav Katsarov
Founder	Stefan Sofiyanski
Founded	December 9, 2001
Split from	Union of Democratic Forces
Headquarters	Sofia
Ideology	Conservatism
Political position	Centre-right to right-wing
National affiliation	United Democratic Forces (2001) Bulgarian People's Union (2005) Bulgarian Rise (2022) Free Voters(2024)
Colours	Blue
National Assembly	0 / 240
European Parliament	0 / 17
Website
ssd.bg
Politics of Bulgaria Political parties Elections

The Union of Free Democrats (Bulgarian: Съюз на свободните демократи, Sajuz na svobodnite demokrati) is a conservative political party in Bulgaria, led by Stefan Sofiyanski. It contested the 2001 elections as part of the United Democratic Forces electoral alliance, which picked up 51 of 240 seats. It joined the Bulgarian People's Union, that at the 2005 Bulgarian parliamentary election won 5.7% of the popular vote and 13 out of 240 seats.

Election results

National Assembly

Election	Leader	Votes	%	Seats	+/–	Government
2005	Stefan Sofiyanski	830,338	18.18 (#2)	0 / 240	New	Extra-parliamentary
2005	Stefan Sofiyanski	189,268	5.19 (#7)	0 / 240	0	Extra-parliamentary
2009	Did not contest			0 / 240	0	Extra-parliamentary
2013	Did not contest			0 / 240	0	Extra-parliamentary
2014	Did not contest			0 / 240	0	Extra-parliamentary
2017	Did not contest			0 / 240	0	Extra-parliamentary
Apr 2021	Did not contest			0 / 240	0	Extra-parliamentary
Jul 2021	Did not contest			0 / 240	0	Extra-parliamentary
Nov 2021	Milan Milanov	673,170	25.32 (#1)	0 / 240	0	Extra-parliamentary
2022	Radoslav Katsarov	115,872	4.47 (#7)	0 / 240	0	Extra-parliamentary
2023	Did not contest			0 / 240	0	Extra-parliamentary
Jun 2024	Did not contest			0 / 240	0	Extra-parliamentary
Oct 2024	Radoslav Katsarov	6,293	0.25 (#15)	0 / 240	0	Extra-parliamentary

Run as part of the United Democratic Forces coalition.
Run as part of the Bulgarian People's Union coalition.
Run as part of the We Continue the Change coalition.
Run as part of the Bulgarian Rise coalition.
Run as part of the Free Voters coalition (ZS, RzB and SSD).

References

"APPENDIX A5" (PDF). European Social Survey. 2006. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
^ "Bulgarien im ersten Jahr der Regierung von Ex-König Simeon Sakskoburggotski". Konrad Adenauer Stiftung. 2001. Retrieved 30 August 2022.

External links

Official web site

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