1919 Bulgarian parliamentary election

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1919 Bulgarian parliamentary election
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  1914 17 August 1919 1920  

All 236 seats in the National Assembly
118 seats needed for a majority
Turnout54.53%
PartyLeaderVote %Seats+/–
BZNS Aleksandar Stamboliyski 27.3577+30
BRSDP (Narrow) Dimitar Blagoev 18.5247+36
BRSDP (Broad) Yanko Sakazov 13.0638+28
Democratic Aleksandar Malinov 10.3928−3
People's Ivan Evstratiev Geshov 8.9819+9
PLP Stoyan Danev 5.778+6
RDP Stoyan Kustorkov  [ bg ]5.258+3
BZNS factions [a] Dimitar Dragiev  [ bg ]4.248New
PLP–Genadiev Nikola Genadiev  [ bg ]2.221New
PLP–Petkov Dobri Petkov  [ bg ]2.072New
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Bulgaria 1919 legislative election.svg
Prime Minister beforePrime Minister after
Teodor Teodorov
People's
Aleksandar Stamboliyski
BZNS

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]

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Results

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Bulgarian Agrarian National Union 176,28127.3577+30
Bulgarian Social Democratic Workers' Party (Narrow Socialists) 119,39518.5247+36
Bulgarian Social Democratic Workers' Party (Broad Socialists) 84,18513.0638+28
Democratic Party 66,95310.3928–3
People's Party 57,9078.9819+9
Progressive Liberal Party 37,1785.778+6
Radical Democratic Party 33,8615.258+3
Other BZNS groups [a] 27,3494.248New
People's Liberal Party–Genadiev 14,3072.221New
People's Liberal Party–Petkov 13,3672.072New
Liberal Party (Radoslavists) [b] 9,3131.440–83
Young Liberals Party 4,0930.630–12
Others4570.070
Total644,646100.00236–9
Valid votes644,64698.22
Invalid/blank votes11,7081.78
Total votes656,354100.00
Registered voters/turnout1,203,74554.53
Source: National Statistical Institute [4]
  1. 1 2 Includes various BZNS splinters. All eight elected were from BZNS-Stara Zagora led by Dimitar Dragiev  [ bg ].
  2. Includes breakaways (1,618 votes) and Liberal–Young Liberals coalitions (319 votes) [3]

Aftermath

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]

References

  1. Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p368 ISBN   978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. Nohlen & Stöver, p379
  3. Dolf Sternberger, Berngard Vogel & Dieter Nohlen (1969). Die Wahl der Parlamente: Band I: Europa - Erster Halbband. p. 146.
  4. Statistique des elections des deputes pour la XVII-eme, XVIII-eme et XIX-eme Assemblees nationales ordinaires. NSI. 1928. pp. 35, 49, 53.
  5. "Политически партии, организации и движения в България и техните лидери" (in Bulgarian).