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This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
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Parliamentary elections were held in Bulgaria on 17 August 1919 [1] to elect members of the XVIII Ordinary National Assembly. The result was a victory for the Bulgarian Agrarian National Union, which won 77 of the 236 seats. Voter turnout was 55%. [2]
Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
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Bulgarian Agrarian National Union | 176,281 | 27.35 | 77 | +30 | |
Bulgarian Social Democratic Workers' Party (Narrow Socialists) | 119,395 | 18.52 | 47 | +36 | |
Bulgarian Social Democratic Workers' Party (Broad Socialists) | 84,185 | 13.06 | 38 | +28 | |
Democratic Party | 66,953 | 10.39 | 28 | –3 | |
People's Party | 57,907 | 8.98 | 19 | +9 | |
Progressive Liberal Party | 37,178 | 5.77 | 8 | +6 | |
Radical Democratic Party | 33,861 | 5.25 | 8 | +3 | |
Other BZNS groups [a] | 27,349 | 4.24 | 8 | New | |
People's Liberal Party–Genadiev | 14,307 | 2.22 | 1 | New | |
People's Liberal Party–Petkov | 13,367 | 2.07 | 2 | New | |
Liberal Party (Radoslavists) [b] | 9,313 | 1.44 | 0 | –83 | |
Young Liberals Party | 4,093 | 0.63 | 0 | –12 | |
Others | 457 | 0.07 | 0 | – | |
Total | 644,646 | 100.00 | 236 | –9 | |
Valid votes | 644,646 | 98.22 | |||
Invalid/blank votes | 11,708 | 1.78 | |||
Total votes | 656,354 | 100.00 | |||
Registered voters/turnout | 1,203,745 | 54.53 | |||
Source: National Statistical Institute [4] |
BZNS formed a coalition government with the People's Party and the Progressive Liberal party. Following a transport workers' strike, the government requested the tsar schedule early elections, in the hopes of achieving an outright majority in the Assembly. [5]