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The United Democratic Forces (''Obedineni demokraticni sili'') is an 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 , 25 June 2005, it won 8.4% of the popular vote and 20 out of 240 seats. In 2005 the ODS was formed by the following parties: The last political surveys (March'2006) show the serious decreasing of the people support for UDF. Less than 5% of the political support moves today UDF to position behind BSP (socialists / communists party), ATAKA (nationalists party) and NDSV (Simeon II former king party).
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