1945 Bulgarian parliamentary election

1945 Bulgarian parliamentary election

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All 276 seats in the National Assembly
Turnout	84.80%
Party Leader Seats +/– Communist Georgi Dimitrov 94 +84 BZNS Nikola Petkov 94 +89 Zveno Kimon Georgiev 45 BRSDP (Broad) Dimitar Neykov  [ bg ] 31 RDP 11 Opposition 1 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. PM before PM after Kimon Georgiev OF Kimon Georgiev OF

Parliamentary elections were held in Bulgaria on 18 November 1945, ^[1] the country's first to feature universal suffrage for women. ^[2] The Bulgarian Agrarian National Union and the Bulgarian Communist Party both won 94 seats. ^[3] Voter turnout was 84.8%. ^[4]

Results

For the first time, women could stand as candidates, with Stoyanka Ancheva, Ekaterina Avramova, Tsola Dragoycheva, Stanka Ivanova, Tsvetana Keranova  [ bg ], Elena Ketskarova, Mara Kinkel, Venera Klincharova, Vyara Makedonska, Stefana Markova, Ekaterina Nikolova, Rada Todorova, Mata Tyurkedzhieva, Maria Toteva and Vera Zlatareva becoming the first women in the National Assembly. ^[5]

Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Bulgarian Communist Party	3,005,983	88.14	94
	Bulgarian Agrarian National Union			94
	Zveno			45
	Bulgarian Social Democratic Workers' Party (Broad Socialists)			31
	Radical Democratic Party			11
	Opposition candidates	404,482	11.86	1
Total		3,410,465	100.00	276
Valid votes		3,410,465	88.23
Invalid/blank votes		455,000	11.77
Total votes		3,865,465	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		4,558,332	84.80
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

References

1. Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, pp368–369 ISBN   978-3-8329-5609-7
2. Nohlen & Stöver, p86
3. Nohlen & Stöver, p386
4. Nohlen & Stöver, p370
5. Mart Martin (2000) The Almanac of Women and Minorities in World Politics, pp53–54