Parliamentary elections were held in Bulgaria on 17 August 1919. [1] 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 | +/– | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 | |
People's Liberal Party–Genadiev | 14,307 | 2.22 | 1 | New | |
People's Liberal Party–Petkov | 13,367 | 2.07 | 2 | New | |
Agrarian Independents [lower-alpha 1] | 27,349 | 4.24 | 8 | – | |
Independents | 13,863 | 2.15 | – | ||
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: Nohlen & Stöver |
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