TWO FORMER PARLIAMENTARY PARTIES WITH LESS THAN 1%

Politics | June 19, 2001, Tuesday // 00:00

Two parliamentary represented parties, the Euro-Left and George Ganchev`s party, garnered less than 1 per cent in Sunday`s elections, about as much as Tsar Kiro National Alliance led by the chief of a Roma clan, which has no parliamentary experience, BTA reported. The Euro-Left won 0.99 per cent, or 44,737 votes; George Ganchev Bloc received 0.38 per cent, or 17,235 votes. The Hristo Ivanov-led Bulgarian Business Bloc, which was awarded the name of the party following a split, got 162 votes only. The Bulgarian Business Bloc was represented in the two previous parliaments. In 1994 the party, which was led by george Ganchev at that time, won 4.73 per cent, or 245,849 votes, against 4.93 per cent, or 209,796 votes in 1997. At the 1997 elections 234,058 people, or 5.5 per cent, voted Euro Left. Tsar Kiro`s party garnered 0.61 per cent, or 27,581 votes, Sunday. It had supporters in all constituencies.

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