United People's Progressive Party

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United People's Progressive Party
Обединена народно-прогресивна партия
LeaderIvan Evstratiev Geshov
Founded1920 (1920)
Merger ofPeople's Party
Progressive Liberal Party
IdeologyConservatism

The United People's Progressive Party (Bulgarian: Обединена народно-прогресивна партия, Obedinena narodno-progresivna partiya, ONPP) was a political party in Bulgaria.

History[]

The party was formed by a merger of the People's Party and the Progressive Liberal Party in 1920, with People's Party leader Ivan Evstratiev Geshov elected as the new party's first leader.[1] The ONPP joined the Constitutional Bloc alliance for the April 1923 elections,[2] which won 17 seats.[3]

Following the June 1923 coup, the party joined the Democratic Alliance,[1] which went on to win elections in November 1923.

The ONPP contested the 1927 elections alone, but received only 1.5% of the vote and failed to win a seat.[4] In the 1931 elections its vote share fell to 0.6% and the party remained without a seat.

References[]

  1. ^ a b Raymond Detrez (2006) Historical Dictionary of Bulgaria Scarecrow Press, p122
  2. ^ Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p374 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  3. ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p385
  4. ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p386
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