Patriotic Party of Labour

The Patriotic Party of Labour (Bulgarian: Отечествена партия на труда, Otechestvena partiya na truda, OPT) was a political party in Bulgaria.

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History

The party was established after the end of the Communist era as the political arm of the Committee for the Defence of National Interests.[1] It contested the 1990 Constitutional elections, winning a single seat.[2]

For the 1991 elections the party joined the Pre-Electoral Union, an alliance led by the Bulgarian Socialist Party.[3] The alliance finished in second place, winning 106 of the 240 seats.[3]

The party did not contest any further elections until 2001, when it received just 0.04% of the vote.[4]

References
  1. UNHCR CDR Background Paper on Refugees and Asylum Seekers from Bulgaria Archived 2017-04-18 at the Wayback Machine UNHCR
  2. 1990 Elections to the Grand National Assembly Archived 2015-06-14 at the Wayback Machine University of Essex
  3. Elections in 1991 IPU
  4. 2001 elections Archived March 17, 2012, at the Wayback Machine University of Essex
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