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1 WEB APPENDIX NEW POLITICAL PARTIES IN CEE (OWN CODING) Country Year of Election Party Abbreviation Share of Votes Albania Albania Bulgaria 1991 Bulgarian National People s Party Nikola Petkov BZNS-NP 3.5 Union of Democratic Forces - Centre SDS-ts 3.2 Union of Democratic Forces - Liberal SDS-l Democratic Alternative for the Republic DAR 3.8 Bulgarian Business Bloc BBB Coalition Euroleft KE George Day-International Macedonian Revolutionary Organization VMRO 3.6 Coalition Simeon II KSII 3.4 National Movement Simeon II NDSV Democrats for a Strong Bulgaria DSB 6.5 Ataka ATAKA 8.1 Bulgarian People s Union BNS Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria GERB 39.9 Order, Law and Justice RZS 4.1 Lider LR National Front for the Salvation of Bulgaria NDSB 3.7 Movement 'Bulgaria of the Citizens' DBG 3.3 Croatia 2003 Croatian Party of Pensioners HSU

2 Croatia 2011 Croatian Labourists - Labour Party HS-SR 5.2 Croatian Democratic Alliance of Slavonia and Baranja HDSSB 2.9 Bloc Pensioners Together BUZ 2.9 Croatian Party of Rights - Dr. Ante Starčević HSP-Starčević 2.8 Czech Republic 1992 Civic Democratic Party ODS 29.7 Club of Commited Non-Party Members KAN 2.7 Civic Democratic Alliance ODA 5.9 Civil Movement OH 4.6 Party of Czechoslovak Entrepreneurs, Tradesmen and Farmers SPO 3.2 Rally for the Republic - Republican Party of Czechoslovakia SPR-RSC 6 Liberal Social Union LSU 6.5 Pensioners for Secure Living DZJ Democratic Union DU Freedom Union US Association of Independents SN SNK European Democrats SNK-ED Party of Citizen Rights/Zemans SPOZ 4.3 TOP 09 TOP Public Affairs VV 10.9 Sovereignty/Jana Bobošíková Bloc SUV Action of Dissatisfied Citizens ANO 18.7 Dawn of Direct Democracy of Tomio Okamura UPD 6.9 Czech Pirate Party Piratí 2.7 Party of Free Citizens SSO 2.5 Estonia 1995 Justice VO 2.3 Estonian Reform Party ER 16.2 Our Home is Estonia MKE 5.9 Estonian Future Party TP 2.6 Republican and Conservative People s Party - Right-Wingers VKR 5

3 Estonia 1999 Estonian Rural People's Party EME 7.3 Estonian Christian People's Party EKRP 2.4 Russian Party in Estonia VEE Res Publica ResP Estonian Greens ER Hungary 1994 Republican Party KP Hungarian Justice and Life Party MIÉP For the Right Hungary Jobbik 16.7 Politics Can be Different LMP 7.5 Latvia 1995 Coalition Labour and Justice /Latvian Social Democratic Workers Party LSDSP 4.6 Latvia's Unity Party LVP 7.2 Latvian Socialist Party LSP 5.6 People's (National) Movement for Latvia - Siegerist Party TKL-ZP New Party JP 7.3 Peoples' Party TP Latvia's First Party LPP 9.6 New Era JL Zatler s Reform Party ZRP 21 Lithuania 1996 Christian Democratic Union KDS 3.2 Homeland Union - Lithuanian Conservatives TS-LK 31.3

4 Alliance of the the Lithuanian National Minorities LTMA 2.6 Lithuanian National Party 'Young Lithuania' LNP-JL 4 Lithuanian Women's Party LMP 3.9 Lithuania 2000 Lithuanian Peasant's Party LVP 4.1 Union of Moderate Conservatives NKS 2 New Union - Social Liberals NS-SL 19.7 Lithuanian Liberal Union LLS Labour Party DP 28.6 Party Order and Justice O&J Frontas Party FRONTO 3.2 Liberal Movement of Lithuanian Republic LRLS 5.7 Nation s Resurrection Party NRP Way of Courage DK 8.3 Macedonia 1998 Democratic Alternative DA National Democratic Party NDP 2.1 Democratic Union for Integration BDI New Social Democratic Party NSDP 5.8 VMRO-People's Party VMRO-NP National Democratic Revival RDK 2.7 Moldova 1998 Party of Democratic Forces PFD 8.9 Electoral Bloc For a Democratic and Prosperous Moldova PMDP 18.2 Party of Communists of the Republic of Moldova PCRM 30 Electoral Bloc Civic Alliance The Ant BEACF 3.3 Electoral Bloc The Alliance of Democratic Forces Electoral Bloc "Braghiş Alliance" BEAB 13.4 Party of Revival and Conciliation PRC Republican Socio-Political Movement Equality PDSEM 3.8

5 Electoral Bloc Motherland 4.9 Moldova 2009 Liberal Democratic Party of Moldova PLDM Montenegro 2009 Party Of Pensioners and Invalids of Montenegro Positive Montenegro PCG 8.4 Poland 1993 Self-Defence of Polish Republic SRP 2.8 Coalition for the Republic RdR 2.7 Non Party Reform Bloc BBWR 5.4 Party X Party X Movement for Rebuilding Poland ROP Law and Justice PiS 9.5 League of Polish Families LPR 7.9 Civic Platform PO Polish Social Democracy SdPI Poland Comes First PJN 2.2 Palikot s Movement RP 10 Romania 2000 Alliance for Romania ApR New Generation Party-Christian-Democrat PNG-CD Popular Party Dan Diaconescu PPDD 13.9 Serbia Serbian Progressive Party SNS 24 Dveri DVERI 4.3 Slovakia 1992 Social Democratic Party of Slovakia SDSS 4

6 Slovak Christian Democratic Movement SKDH 3.1 Hungarian Civic Party MPP-MOS 2.3 Movement for a Democratic Slovakia HDZS 37.3 Slovakia 1994 Communist Party of Slovakia KSS 2.7 Association of Slovak Workers ZRS 7.4 Democratic Union of Slovakia DUS Party of Civic Understanding SOP Direction Smer 13.5 Slovak Democratic and Christian Union SDKU 15.1 Alliance of New Citizens ANO 8 The Real Slovak National Party PSNS 3.7 Movement for Democracy HZD Free Forum SF Party of the Democratic Left SDL Freedom and Solidarity SaS 12.1 The Bridge Most-Híd Ordinary People and Independent Personalities OL'aNO 8.6 Slovenia 1996 Democratic Party of Pensioners DeSUS New Slovenia and People's Christian Party NSI 8.7 Party of the Youth of Slovenia SMS Slovenia is Ours SJN 2.6 Active Slovenia AS Party for Real/New Politics ZARES Positive Slovenia/List Zorana Jankovića LZJ-PS 28.5 Citizens Alliance of Gregor Virant DIGV 8.4 Ukraine 1998 Progressive Socialist Party PSP 4 Agrarian Party of Ukraine APU 3.7 All-Ukrainian Union Community VOH 4.7 Party of Reforms and Order PRP 3.1

7 Green Party of Ukraine PZU Women for the Future 2.1 Viktor Yushchenko Bloc 'Our Ukraine' NU 23.6 Juliya Tymoshenko Election Bloc BJUT 7.2 Team of Winter Generation SVOBODA SVOBODA 10.4 Ukrainian Democratic Alliance for Reform of Vitaliy Klychko UDAR 14

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