Bulgarian Democratic Center (Bulgarian: Български Демократичен Център – an acronym for "Bulgarian Democratic Center"), formerly (Lider – Liberal Initiative for Democratic European Development)[6] is a Bulgarian political party registered in 2007.
Bulgarian Democratic Center Български Демократичен Център | |
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| Leader | Krassimira Kovachka, Stefan Kenov |
| Founded | 2007 |
| Headquarters | Sofia, Bulgaria |
| Ideology | Conservative liberalism[1] Liberalism[2] Conservatism[3] Pro-Europeanism[4] |
| Political position | Centre[2] to centre-right[5] |
| Colours | Blue |
| National Assembly | 0 / 240 |
| European Parliament | 0 / 17 |
Participation in elections
Lider participated in the 2009 European Parliament election together with the center-right political party Novoto Vreme and gathered 5.7% of the vote, which was just under the electoral quota.[7] Lider participated in the 2009 parliamentary election outside of any right-wing coalition, winning only 3.3% of the votes and therefore failing to secure parliamentary representation.
Lider did not nominate a candidate for the 2011 presidential election.
In the 2013 parliamentary elections Lider polled 61,482 (1.74%) votes. Once again the party failed to cross the 4% threshold for representation.