Country: | Bulgaria |
Agrarian People's Union | |
Native Name: | Земеделски народен съюз |
Abbreviation: | ZNS |
Leader: | Roumen Yonchev |
Foundation: | (BZNS-NS) (ZNS) |
Split: | Bulgarian Agrarian People's Union |
Headquarters: | Sofia |
Ideology: | Agrarianism Conservatism |
Position: | Centre-right |
National: | United Democratic Forces (1997–2001) Bulgarian People's Union (2005–2006) Bulgaria Without Censorship (2014) Stand Up.BG! We are coming! (2021) Bulgarian Rise (2022) Blue Bulgaria (2024) Alliance for Rights and Freedoms (2024–) |
Colours: | Orange |
Seats1 Title: | National Assembly |
Seats2 Title: | European Parliament |
Website: | zns.bg |
The Agrarian People's Union (bg|Земеделски народен съюз|Zemedelski 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 | Leader | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | Government |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Apr 2021 | Rumen Yonchev | 150,940 | 4.65 (#6) | New | ||
Jul 2021 | 136,885 | 4.95 (#6) | 1 | |||
Nov 2021 | 60,055 | 2.26 (#8) | 1 | |||
2022 | 115,872 | 4.47 (#7) | 0 | |||
2023 | Did not contest | 0 | ||||
Jun 2024 | Rumen Yonchev | 33,613 | 1.52 (#9) | 0 | ||
Oct 2024 | 182,253 | 7.23 (#6) | 1 |
Election | List leader | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | EP Group |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2009 | Unclear | 57,931 | 2.25 (#10) | New | – | |
2014 | Did not contest | 0 | ||||
2019 | Did not contest | 0 | ||||
2024 | Tsveta Kirilova | 24,917 | 1.24 (#10) | 0 |