United Democratic Forces 793513 172291558 2007-11-18T15:35:41Z SmackBot 433328 Standard headings &/or gen fixes. using [[Project:AutoWikiBrowser|AWB]] The '''United Democratic Forces''' ({{lang-bg|Обединени Демократични Сили}}) is an [[political party|electoral alliance]] in [[Bulgaria]]. After being in government with prime minister [[Ivan Kostov]] the United Democratic Forces lost the 2001 elections, decreasing to 18.2% of the popular vote and 51 out of 240 seats. Ivan Kostov resigned as chairman after this defeat. The UDF had suffered heavily from allegations of corruption and increased unemployment after having carried out a difficult four-year term. With time Kostov grew increasingly dissatisfied with the new UDF leadership and chairwoman [[Nadezhda Mikhailova]], who was a popular foreign minister in Kostov's own government. At the last [[legislative]] [[elections in Bulgaria|elections]], 25 June 2005, the UDF won 8.4% of the popular vote and 20 out of 240 seats. It was formed by the following parties: *[[Union of Democratic Forces (Bulgaria)|Union of Democratic Forces]] (''Sajuz na Demokraticnite Sili'') *[[Democratic Party (Bulgaria)|Democratic Party]] (''Demokraticeska Partija'') *[[Bulgarian Agrarian People's Union-United]] (''Balgarski Zemedelski Naroden Sajuz-Obedinen'') *[[George's Day Movement]] (''Dviženie Gergiovden'') *[[Movement for an Equal Public Model]] (''Dviženie za ravnopraven model DROM'') ==External links== *[http://www.ods.bg/ Official web site] {{Bulgarian political parties}} [[Category:Political parties in Bulgaria]] {{euro-party-stub}} {{Bulgaria-stub}} [[bg:Обединени демократични сили]] [[hu:Egyesült Demokrata Erők]] [[nl:Verenigde Democratische Krachten (Bulgarije)]] [[pl:Zjednoczone Siły Demokratyczne]]