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Agrarian People's Union

The Agrarian People's Union (Bulgarian: Земеделски народен съюз, romanizedZemedelski naroden sajuz; ZNS), until 2006 known as the Bulgarian Agrarian People's Union – People's Union (Balgarski Zemedelski Naroden Sajuz – Naroden Sajuz, BZNS-NS), is a conservative agrarian party in Bulgaria.

It was founded in 1996 by a faction of the Bulgarian Agrarian People's Union led by Anastasia Dimitrova-Moser. It contested the parliamentary election in 1997 and 2001 within the center-right United Democratic Forces. In 2005 it was part of the Bulgarian People's Union, that won at the legislative elections, 25 June 2005, 5.7% of the popular vote and 13 out of 240 seats.

A considerable group around the former party leader Anastasia Dimitrova-Moser left the ZNS in 2008 and founded the United Agrarians.

The party is a former observer of the Centrist Democrat International (CDI).

Election results

National Assembly

Election Leader Votes % Seats +/– Government
Apr 2021[a] Rumen Yonchev 150,940 4.65 (#6)
2 / 240
New Snap election
Jul 2021[a] 136,885 4.95 (#6)
1 / 240
Decrease 1 Snap election
Nov 2021[b] 60,055 2.26 (#8)
0 / 240
Decrease 1 Extra-parliamentary
2022[c] 115,872 4.47 (#7)
0 / 240
Steady 0 Extra-parliamentary
2023 Did not contest
0 / 240
Steady 0 Extra-parliamentary
Jun 2024[d] Rumen Yonchev 33,613 1.52 (#9)
0 / 240
Steady 0 Extra-parliamentary
Oct 2024[e] 182,253 7.23 (#6)
1 / 240
Increase 1 TBA
  1. ^ a b Run as part of the Stand Up! Mafia, Get Out! coalition.
  2. ^ Run as part of the Stand Up.BG! We are coming! coalition.
  3. ^ Run as part of the Bulgarian Rise coalition.
  4. ^ Run as part of the Blue Bulgaria coalition.
  5. ^ Run as part of the Alliance for Rights and Freedoms coalition.

European Parliament

Election List leader Votes % Seats +/– EP Group
2009 Unclear 57,931 2.25 (#10)
0 / 17
New
2014 Did not contest
0 / 17
Steady 0
2019 Did not contest
0 / 17
Steady 0
2024[a] Tsveta Kirilova 24,917 1.24 (#10)
0 / 17
Steady 0
  1. ^ Run as part of the Blue Bulgaria coalition.