Unlike the communist parties in most other Eastern European states, the BCP (changing its name to Bulgarian Socialist Party) retained power by winning the first free national elections in June 1990.
与其他大多数东欧国家的共产党不同，BCP（改名为保加利亚社会党 ）通过赢得1990年6月的第一次免费全国选举来保留权力。