Democrats for a strong Bulgaria

Democrats for a strong Bulgaria Демократи за силна България Demokrati sa Silna Balgarija
Party leader	Atanas Atanasov
founding	May 30, 2004
Headquarters	Sofia , Bulgaria
Alignment	National conservatism , pro-EU politics
Parliament seats	0/240
MEPs	1/17
European party	EPP
EP Group	EPP
Website	dsb.bg

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The Democrats for a Strong Bulgaria ( bulg: Демократи за силна България , ДСБ for short , or Demokrati sa Silna Balgarija , DSB for short ) are a Bulgarian Christian Democratic and conservative party and have been a member of the European People's Party since 2006 . The DSB is also a member of the International Democratic Union and the Christian Democratic International . The party color is dark blue.

The party emerged in 2004 from the Union of Democratic Forces party and sees itself as the successor to the democratic movements that emerged after the liberation of Bulgaria from Ottoman-Turkish rule in 1878 and after the collapse of communism in 1989. Its chairman is the former Prime Minister Ivan Kostov . The party's motto is “For a strong Bulgaria in a united Europe” (Bulgarian: За силна България в Обединена Европа).

In the 2007 parliamentary elections, it achieved 6.5 percent and 17 seats. The party became the sixth strongest force in parliament.

In the European elections in Bulgaria in 2009 and in the Bulgarian national elections on July 5, 2009, DSB ran as part of the Blue Coalition . The coalition won a mandate in the European elections. In the parliamentary elections, it won 6.76 percent of the vote and has since provided 15 members in the Bulgarian parliament.

After losing the parliamentary elections in Bulgaria in 2013 , in which the DSB failed to enter parliament, Kostov announced his resignation as party chairman. On June 23, 2013 Radan Kanew was elected as the new chairman of the DSB on Kostov's proposal.

In December 2013, the party of the electoral alliance founded the Reform Bloc . At the end of 2016, the party left the reform bloc.

A member of the European Parliament ( Radan Kanew ) represents the DSB.

Election results

• See also : Elections in Bulgaria

year	choice	Share of votes	Seats
2005	General election 2005	6.44%	17/240
2007	European elections 2007	4.35%	0/18
2009	European elections 2009	7.95%	2/18 1
2009	General election 2009	6.76%	15/240 1
2013	General election 2013	2.93%	0/240
2014	European elections 2014	6.45%	1/17 2
2014	General election 2014	8.89%	23/240 2
2017	General election 2017	2.48%	0/240 3
2019	European elections 2019	6.06%	1/17 4th

¹as part of the Blue Coalition

²as part of the reform bloc

³as part of the New Republic electoral alliance .

^4thas part of the electoral alliance Democratic Bulgaria , a coalition of Yes, Bulgaria , Selenites and Democrats for a strong Bulgaria .

Presidential election

year	choice	candidate	First round			Second round
			be right	%	rank	be right	%	rank
2016	2016 presidential election	Trajcho Trajkov 1	224.734	5.87%	6th	-	-	-

¹as part of the reform bloc

Chairperson

• Ivan Kostov (2004-2013)
• Radan Kanew (2013-2017)
• Atanas Atanasov (2017–)

Web links

Commons : Democrats for a Strong Bulgaria  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Official website of the party

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Radan Kanew is the new chairman of the DSB (Bulgarian) , mediapool.bg, June 23, 2013
2. ↑ Radan Kanew is the new chairman of the DSB (Bulgarian) , mediapool.bg, June 23, 2013