Communist Party of Bulgaria
Комунистическа Партия на България Komunisticeska Partija na Balgarija |
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Leader | Aleksandar Paunov |
Founded | 1996 |
Newspaper | Rabotnicheski Vestnik |
Ideology |
Communism Marxism–Leninism |
Political position | Left-wing |
National affiliation | Coalition for Bulgaria |
International affiliation | International Meeting of Communist and Workers' Parties |
Colours | Red |
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Website | |
http://comparty-bg.org/ (archived) | |
The Communist Party of Bulgaria (Bulgarian: Комунистическа Партия на България, Komunisticeska Partija na Balgarija, KPB) is a communist party in Bulgaria, currently led by Aleksandar Paunov.
The party was founded in 1996 as the Communist Party. Since 2001 it is part of the Coalition for Bulgaria, an alliance led by the Bulgarian Socialist Party. The party publishes the newspaper Rabotnicheski Vestnik.
In the 2014 parliamentary election, the Coalition for Bulgaria received 15.4% of the popular vote and 39 out of 240 seats.