1920 Bulgarian parliamentary election

1920 Bulgarian parliamentary election

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All 229 seats in the National Assembly 115 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	77.26%
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/– BZNS Aleksandar Stamboliyski 38.56 110 +33 Communist Dimitar Blagoev 20.39 50 +3 Democratic Aleksandar Malinov 10.07 24 −4 People's Ivan Evstratiev Geshov 6.81 14 −5 BRSDP (Broad) Yanko Sakazov 6.12 9 −29 PLP Stoyan Danev 5.13 8 0 RDP Stoyan Kustorkov  [ bg ] 4.63 8 0 PLP–Genadiev Nikola Genadiev  [ bg ] 2.96 2 +1 PLP–Petkov Dobri Petkov  [ bg ] 0.86 4 +2 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Prime Minister before Prime Minister after Aleksandar Stamboliyski BZNS Aleksandar Stamboliyski BZNS

Parliamentary elections were held in Bulgaria on 28 March 1920. ^[1] It was compulsory to vote. ^[2] The result was a victory for the Bulgarian Agrarian National Union (BZNS), which won 110 of the 229 seats. Voter turnout was 77%. ^[3]

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Bulgarian Agrarian National Union	349,212	38.56	110	+33
	Bulgarian Communist Party	184,616	20.39	50	+3
	Democratic Party	91,177	10.07	24	–4
	People's Party	61,647	6.81	14	–5
	Bulgarian Social Democratic Workers' Party (Broad Socialists)	55,452	6.12	9	–29
	Progressive Liberal Party	46,478	5.13	8	0
	Radical Democratic Party	41,930	4.63	8	0
	People's Liberal Party–Genadiev	26,819	2.96	2	+1
	Liberal Party–PLP Petkov–Young Liberals Party	14,469	1.60	0	–
	Democratic Party–People's Party	8,242	0.91	0	–
	People's Party–Progressive Liberal Party	8,065	0.89	0	–
	People's Liberal Party–Petkov	7,785	0.86	4	+2
	Independents	9,726	1.07	0	–
Total		905,618	100.00	229	–7
Valid votes		905,618	98.96
Invalid/blank votes		9,554	1.04
Total votes		915,172	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		1,184,577	77.26
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

Aftermath

The BZNS government annulled the election of 13 deputies – nine of them Communists – which gave them a majority in parliament. ^[2]

References

1. Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p368 ISBN   978-3-8329-5609-7
2. Richard J. Crampton (2007) Bulgaria, Oxford/New York (NY) , p224
3. Nohlen & Stöver, p379