1966 Bulgarian parliamentary election

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1966 Bulgarian parliamentary election
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  1962 27 February 1966 1971  

All 414 seats in the Grand National Assembly
Turnout99.63%
PartyLeaderVote %Seats+/–
OF Todor Zhivkov 99.96414+93
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
PM beforePM after
Todor Zhivkov
OF
Todor Zhivkov
OF

Parliamentary elections were held in Bulgaria on 27 February 1966. [1] Voters were presented with a single list from the Fatherland Front, dominated by the Bulgarian Communist Party. As the Fatherland Front was the only organisation to contest the election and all candidate lists had to be approved by the Front, voters only had the option of voting for or against the Front list. [2] Only 2,089 of the 5,746,161 valid votes were cast against the Front list. Voter turnout was reportedly 99.6%. [3]

Results

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Fatherland Front 5,744,07299.96414+93
Against2,0890.04
Total5,746,161100.00414+93
Valid votes5,746,16199.88
Invalid/blank votes6,6510.12
Total votes5,752,812100.00
Registered voters/turnout5,774,25199.63
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

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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. Bulgaria: a country study. Library of Congress Federal Research Division, December 1989.
  3. Nohlen & Stöver, p381