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All 160 seats in the National Assembly 81 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Turnout | 67.2% | |||||||||||||||||||
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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 24 December 1939, although voting continued in some areas into January 1940. [1] The elections were officially held on a non-partisan basis with the Bulgarian Agrarian National Union and Bulgarian Communist Party banned, [2] and in a process tightly controlled by Tsar Boris III, by then the real power in the country. [3] However, candidates representing parties did contest the elections. [4] Pro-government candidates won a majority of seats. [5] Voter turnout was 67.2%. [6]
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | |
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| Pro-government candidates | 1,222,971 | 57.74 | 142 | |
| Bulgarian Communist Party | 170,252 | 8.04 | 10 | |
| Bulgarian Agrarian National Union (Tomov) | 150,251 | 7.09 | 5 | |
| Bulgarian Agrarian National Union (Dragiev) | 125,713 | 5.94 | ||
| Agrarians | 94,354 | 4.45 | 3 | |
| National Social Movement | 68,815 | 3.25 | ||
| Democratic Alliance | 59,740 | 2.82 | ||
| National Liberal Party | 46,766 | 2.21 | ||
| Democratic Party | 38,863 | 1.83 | ||
| Zveno | 37,706 | 1.78 | ||
| Bulgarian Social Democratic Workers' Party (Broad Socialists) | 26,672 | 1.26 | ||
| Radical Democratic Party | 18,939 | 0.89 | ||
| Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization | 14,593 | 0.69 | ||
| Other opposition candidates | 42,351 | 2.00 | ||
| Total | 2,117,986 | 100.00 | 160 | |
| Valid votes | 2,117,986 | 97.37 | ||
| Invalid/blank votes | 57,177 | 2.63 | ||
| Total votes | 2,175,163 | 100.00 | ||
| Registered voters/turnout | 3,235,968 | 67.22 | ||
| Source: Nohlen & Stöver | ||||