The Political Movement "Social Democrats" (Bulgarian: Политическо движение „Социалдемократи“, romanized: Politicesko Dviženie "Socialdemokrati", PDS) is a social-democratic political party in Bulgaria. It was previously part of the Coalition for Bulgaria, an alliance led by the Bulgarian Socialist Party. The party joined the electoral coalition We Continue the Change to compete in the November 2021 Bulgarian election, but while the coalition as a whole gained seats in parliament, the PDS did not. In the 2022 election, the PDS was no longer part of the We Continue the Change coalition.

Political Movement "Social Democrats" Политическо движение „Социалдемократи“
Abbreviation	PDS
Leader	Elena Noneva
Founded	3 June 2000 (2000-06-03)
Registered	19 July 2000 (2000-07-19)
Headquarters	Vasil Levski Boulevard 25, Sofia
Ideology	Social democracy
Political position	Centre-left
Colours	Red
National Assembly	0 / 240
European Parliament	0 / 17
Website
pdsocialdemocrati.org
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In December, 2023 the Political Movement "Social Democrats," was included in a coalition led by the Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) without their knowledge, Elena Noneva, leader of the PDS, emphasizes their ideological differences with BSP and disavows any affiliation. ^[1]

In the 2001 elections the Coalition for Bulgaria won 17.1% of the popular vote and 48 out of 240 seats. At the legislative elections on 25 June 2005, the Coalition won 34.2% of the popular vote and 82 out of 240 seats – the PDS had one MP elected, Nikolay Kamov. At the beginning of 2008, the PDS had just over 20 000 members.^[2]