1920 Bulgarian parliamentary election

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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 (BANU), which won 110 of the 229 seats. Voter turnout was 77%. [3]

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Results

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Bulgarian Agrarian National Union 349,21238.56110+33
Bulgarian Communist Party 184,61620.3950+3
Democratic Party 91,17710.0724–4
People's Party 61,6476.8114–5
Bulgarian Social Democratic Workers Party (Broad Socialists) 55,4526.129–29
Progressive Liberal Party 46,4785.1380
Radical Democratic Party 41,9304.6380
People's Liberal Party–Genadiev 26,8192.962+1
Liberal PartyPLP PetkovYoung Liberals Party 14,4691.600
Democratic PartyPeople's Party 8,2420.910
People's PartyProgressive Liberal Party 8,0650.890
People's Liberal Party–Petkov 7,7850.864+2
Independents9,7261.070
Total905,618100.00229–7
Valid votes905,61898.96
Invalid/blank votes9,5541.04
Total votes915,172100.00
Registered voters/turnout1,184,57777.26
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

Aftermath

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

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References

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