1976 Bulgarian parliamentary election

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1976 Bulgarian parliamentary election
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  1971 30 May 1976 1981  

All 400 seats in the Grand National Assembly
Turnout99.93%
PartyLeaderSeats+/–
BKP Todor Zhivkov 272+4
BZNS Petar Tanchev 1000
Independents 28-4
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
PM beforePM after
Stanko Todorov
OF
Stanko Todorov
OF

Parliamentary elections were held in Bulgaria on 30 May 1976. [1] The Fatherland Front, dominated by the Bulgarian Communist Party, was the only organisation to contest the election; all candidate lists had to be approved by the Front. [2] The Front nominated one candidate for each constituency. Of the 400 candidates 272 were members of the Communist Party, 100 were members of the Bulgarian Agrarian National Union and the remaining 28 were unaffiliated. [3] Voter turnout was reportedly 99.9%. [4]

Results

Party or allianceVotes%Seats+/–
Fatherland
Front
Bulgarian Communist Party 6,369,76299.99272+4
Bulgarian Agrarian National Union 1000
Independents28–4
Against7800.01
Total6,370,542100.004000
Valid votes6,370,54299.93
Invalid/blank votes4,4610.07
Total votes6,375,003100.00
Registered voters/turnout6,379,34899.93
Source: Nohlen & Stöver, IPU

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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. Bulgaria Inter-Parliamentary Union
  4. Nohlen & Stöver, p382