1990 Bulgarian Constitutional Assembly election

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1990 Bulgarian Constitutional Assembly election
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  1986 10 June 1990 1991  
Turnout90.79%
PartyLeaderVote %Seats
BSP Alexander Lilov 47.15211
SDS Zhelyu Zhelev 36.21144
DPS Ahmed Dogan 8.0323
BZNS Viktor Valkov 6.0216
OPT 0.601
OF Guinio Ganev 2
PBSD Peter Dertliev 1
Independents 2
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Prime Minister beforePrime Minister after
Andrey Lukanov
BSP
Dimitar Popov
Independent

Constitutional Assembly elections were held in Bulgaria on 10 June 1990, with a second round for eighteen seats on 17 June. [1] [2] They were the first elections held since the fall of Communism the previous winter, and the first free national elections since 1931. The elections were held to elect the 7th Grand National Assembly, tasked with adopting a new (democratic) constitution. The new electoral system was changed from 400 single-member constituencies used during the Communist era to a split system whereby half were elected in single member constituencies and half by proportional representation. [3] The result was a victory for the Bulgarian Socialist Party, the freshly renamed Communist Party, which won 211 of the 400 seats.

The Grand National Assembly drafted the country's fourth constitution, which was promulgated on 12 July 1991. The first elections under the new document were held three months later.

Results

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PartyProportionalConstituencyTotal
seats
+/–
Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats
Bulgarian Socialist Party 2,887,76647.15972,775,46545.57114211New
Union of Democratic Forces 2,217,79836.21752,188,54735.9469144New
Movement for Rights and Freedoms 491,5978.0312498,0178.181123New
Bulgarian Agrarian National Union 368,9296.0216326,4205.36016−83
Patriotic Party of Labour 36,6680.60047,7130.7811New
Alternative Socialist Party 22,0640.360125,3432.0600New
Alternative Socialist Alliance 16,0610.26000New
Liberal Party – Pernik15,0340.25000New
Union of Disabled10,4660.17000New
Union of Non-Party Members9,9780.16000New
Parliamentary Movement for the Tarnovo Constitution8,3540.14000New
Non-Party Members for Democracy Movement8,1950.13000New
Political Opposition Bloc (Centre)6,0430.10000New
Bulgarian National Democratic Party4,7230.08000New
Union of Democratic Parties and Movements "Era-3"4,5210.07000New
Bulgarian National Radical Party3,8270.06000New
Christian Republican Party3,5340.06000New
Social Democratic Party Non-Marxists3,0360.05000New
Union of Non-Party Guarantees1,9290.03000New
Bulgarian Christian Democratic Party (Centre)1,5630.03000New
Bulgarian Revolutionary Youth Party6400.01000New
Free Democratic Party5860.01000New
United People's Union3340.01000New
National Patriotic Union3190.01000New
Organisation of the Ill and Weak2870.00000New
National Party of Labour2490.00000New
Fatherland Front 32,1920.5322−274
Social Democratic Party 20,2250.3311+1
Independents76,1971.2522−23
Total6,124,501100.002006,090,119100.002004000
Valid votes6,124,50196.706,090,11996.14
Invalid/blank votes208,8333.30244,2963.86
Total votes6,333,334100.006,334,415100.00
Registered voters/turnout6,976,62090.786,976,62090.79
Source: University of Essex, Rose & Munro, Duverger, Stoichev, 168 Chasa

References

  1. Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p. 369 ISBN   978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. Bulgaria: Elections held in 1990 Inter-Parliamentary Union
  3. Nohlen & Stöver, p. 356