1913 Bulgarian parliamentary election

1913 Bulgarian parliamentary election

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All 204 seats in the National Assembly 103 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	55.01%
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/– LP–NLP–MLP Vasil Radoslavov 38.69 94 +80 BZNS Aleksandar Dimitrov  [ bg ] Dimitar Dragiev  [ bg ] 21.18 48 +44 BRSDP (united) Yanko Sakazov 10.27 19 +19 BRSDP Dimitar Blagoev 10.10 18 +18 Democratic Aleksandar Malinov 8.00 14 +10 People's Party Ivan Geshov 4.53 5 −95 Radical Democratic Naycho Tsanov  [ bg ] 4.47 5 +5 Progressive Liberal Stoyan Danev 2.21 1 −90 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Prime Minister before Prime Minister after Vasil Radoslavov Radoslavov II (LP–NLP–MLP) Vasil Radoslavov Radoslavov III (LP–NLP–MLP)

Parliamentary elections were held in Bulgaria on 24 November 1913. ^[1] to elect members of the XVI Ordinary National Assembly. The result was a victory for the Liberal Concentration, an alliance of the Liberal Party (Radoslavists), the People's Liberal Party and the Young Liberals Party, won a plurality of votes and seats. Voter turnout was 55%. ^[2] For the first time in Bulgarian history the election was held under proportional representation in all twelve of Bulgaria's pre-Balkan wars regions. Citizens in the newly annexed territories could not vote.

Results

Party or alliance				Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Liberal Concentration		Liberal Party	207,763	38.68	60	+53
			People's Liberal Party			27	+21
			Young Liberals Party			7	+6
	Bulgarian Agrarian National Union			113,761	21.18	48	+44
	Bulgarian Social Democratic Workers' Party (Broad Socialists)			55,157	10.27	19	+19
	Bulgarian Social Democratic Workers' Party (Narrow Socialists)			54,217	10.10	18	+18
	Democratic Party			42,971	8.00	14	+10
	People's Party			24,994	4.65	5	–95
	Radical Democratic Party			24,007	4.47	5	+5
	Progressive Liberal Party			12,513	2.33	1	–90
	Others			1,684	0.31	0	0
Total				537,067	100.00	204	–9
Valid votes				537,067	98.83
Invalid/blank votes				6,383	1.17
Total votes				543,450	100.00
Registered voters/turnout				987,832	55.01
Source: Zhivkov [3]

Aftermath

The ruling Liberal Concentration did not win a majority of seats. The leader of the People's Liberal Party and foreign minister Nikola Genadiev  [ bg ] resigned in December 1913 due to the government's strongly pro-Triple Alliance foreign policy and later formed his own party. However the major faction of the party remained in government and he was succeeded as party leader by Dobri Petkov. Despite protests from many opposition MPs, early elections were called shortly afterwards and held in February 1914. The ruling coalition promised additional minority rights to the Turkish population in the newly annexed territories in the hopes of achieving a majority. ^[4]

References

1. Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p368 ISBN   978-3-8329-5609-7
2. Nohlen & Stöver, p378
3. Svetoslav Zhivkov (2022). The proportional representation. Elections and electoral legislature in Bulgaria on the eve of the First World War. pp. 436–443.
4. "Политически партии, организации и движения в България и техните лидери" (in Bulgarian).