April 1923 Bulgarian parliamentary election

April 1923 Bulgarian parliamentary election

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All 245 seats in the National Assembly 123 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	86.48%
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/– BZNS Aleksandar Stamboliyski 53.77 212 +102 CB-BRSDP (o) Aleksandar Malinov Ivan Geshov Yanko Sakazov 21.40 17 −33 BKP Dimitar Blagoev 19.27 16 −34 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Prime Minister before Prime Minister after Aleksandar Stamboliyski Stamboliyski I (BZNS) Aleksandar Stamboliyski Stamboliyski II (BZNS)

Parliamentary elections were held in Bulgaria on 22 April 1923. ^[1] to elect members of the XX Ordinary National Assembly. The result was a victory for the ruling Bulgarian Agrarian National Union, which won 212 of the 245 seats. Voter turnout was 86%. ^[2]

Results

Party or alliance				Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Bulgarian Agrarian National Union			569,139	53.77	212	+102
	Bulgarian Communist Party			203,972	19.27	16	–34
	Constitutional Bloc [a]		Constitutional Bloc	166,909	15.77	14	–40
			Constitutional Bloc–BRSDP (united)	31,768	3.00	3	–6
	National Liberal Party			55,963	5.29	0	–6
	BRSDP (united)			27,816	2.63	0	–
	Other BZNS groups			2,768	0.26	0	0
	Others			141	0.01	0	0
Total				1,058,476	100.00	245	+16
Valid votes				1,058,476	98.10
Invalid/blank votes				20,532	1.90
Total votes				1,079,008	100.00
Registered voters/turnout				1,247,720	86.48
Source: National Statistical Institute [3]

Aftermath

Interior minister Hristo Stoyanov called 5000 members of BZNS's paramilitary organization, the Orange Guard, to Sofia due to concerns regarding a potential coup, however this failed to prevent the 9 June coup which took place a few days later. ^[4] The People's Alliance group, which had organized the coup, formed a government with the parties of the opposition Constitutional Bloc (ONPP, DP, RDP), the National Liberal Party and the Broad Socialists. In the months that followed, BZNS leader Aleksandar Stamboliyski was murdered on 14 June, many other BZNS members were imprisoned and the anti-government June Uprising and September Uprising took place. The People's Alliance merged with the ONPP, DP and RDP (the latter two had merged into the Union for Democracy earlier that year) into the Democratic Alliance on 10 August, with the NLP excluded due to their pro-German history. NLP's sole government minister Boyan Smilov was forced to resign under pressure from the Broad Socialists in September and snap elections were called for November. ^[5]

Notes

1. Democratic Party - 8 seats, United People's Progressive Party - 4 seats, Radical Democratic Party - 2 seats, BRSDP (united) - 2 seats, Independent - 1 seat

References

1. Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p368 ISBN   978-3-8329-5609-7
2. Nohlen & Stöver, p379
3. Statistique des elections des deputes pour la XX-eme Assemblee nationale ordinaire. NSI. 1927.
4. Tsurakov, Angel. Encyclopedia of Governments, National Assemblies, and Assassinations in Bulgaria. Sofia, Trud Publishing House, 2008. ISBN 954-528-790-X, p. 146-149.
5. "Политически партии, организации и движения в България и техните лидери" (in Bulgarian).