1920 Bulgarian parliamentary election
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Parliamentary elections were held in Bulgaria on 28 March 1920.[1] It was compulsory to vote.[2] The result was a victory for the Bulgarian Agrarian National Union (BANU), which won 110 of the 229 seats. Voter turnout was 77%.[3]
Results
[edit]| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bulgarian Agrarian National Union | 349,212 | 38.56 | 110 | +33 | |
| Bulgarian Communist Party | 184,616 | 20.39 | 50 | +3 | |
| Democratic Party | 91,177 | 10.07 | 24 | –4 | |
| People's Party | 61,647 | 6.81 | 14 | –5 | |
| Bulgarian Social Democratic Workers Party (Broad Socialists) | 55,452 | 6.12 | 9 | –29 | |
| Progressive Liberal Party | 46,478 | 5.13 | 8 | 0 | |
| Radical Democratic Party | 41,930 | 4.63 | 8 | 0 | |
| People's Liberal Party–Genadiev | 26,819 | 2.96 | 2 | +1 | |
| Liberal Party–PLP Petkov–Young Liberals Party | 14,469 | 1.60 | 0 | – | |
| Democratic Party–People's Party | 8,242 | 0.91 | 0 | – | |
| People's Party–Progressive Liberal Party | 8,065 | 0.89 | 0 | – | |
| People's Liberal Party–Petkov | 7,785 | 0.86 | 4 | +2 | |
| Independents | 9,726 | 1.07 | 0 | – | |
| Total | 905,618 | 100.00 | 229 | –7 | |
| Valid votes | 905,618 | 98.96 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 9,554 | 1.04 | |||
| Total votes | 915,172 | 100.00 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 1,184,577 | 77.26 | |||
| Source: Nohlen & Stöver | |||||
Aftermath
[edit]The BANU government annulled the election of 13 deputies – nine of them Communists – which gave them a majority in parliament.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p368 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
- ^ a b Richard J. Crampton (2007) Bulgaria, Oxford/New York (NY) , p224
- ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p379
