Bulgarian People's Union

The Bulgarian People's Union (Bulgarian: Български народен съюз) was a centre-right electoral alliance in Bulgaria. It contested only one legislative election: that on 25 June 2005. It won 5.7% of the popular vote and 13 out of 240 seats. The Union was composed by the Bulgarian Agrarian People's Union-People's Union (Bulgarian: Български Земеделски Народен Съюз-Народен Съюз), the IMRO – Bulgarian National Movement (Bulgarian: Ватрешна Македонска Револуционна Организация-Българско Национално Движение) and the Union of Free Democrats (Съюз на свободните демократи).

Bulgarian People's Union
Български народен съюз
Founded2005
Dissolved2006
IdeologyConservatism
Agrarianism
Bulgarian nationalism
Political positionCentre-right to right-wing
Member partiesBZNS-NS
IMRO-BNM
SSD
  • Politics of Bulgaria
  • Political parties
  • Elections

In 2006 several corruption scandals were connected to the leader of BPU – the former mayor of capital city of Sofia – Stefan Sofiyanski. Political surveys in 2006 showed seriously decreasing support for the BPU.

The alliance disbanded later that year.

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