1919 Bulgarian parliamentary election
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Parliamentary elections were held in Bulgaria on 17 August 1919.[1] The result was a victory for the Bulgarian Agrarian National Union, which won 77 of the 236 seats. Voter turnout was 54.5%.[2]
Results
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bulgarian Agrarian National Union | 176,281 | 27.3 | 77 | +30 |
| Bulgarian Social Democratic Workers' Party (Narrow Socialists) | 119,395 | 18.5 | 47 | +36 |
| Bulgarian Social Democratic Workers Party (Broad Socialists) | 84,185 | 13.1 | 38 | +28 |
| Democratic Party | 66,953 | 10.4 | 28 | –3 |
| People's Party | 57,907 | 9.0 | 19 | +9 |
| Progressive Liberal Party | 37,178 | 5.8 | 8 | +6 |
| Radical Democratic Party | 33,861 | 5.3 | 8 | +3 |
| People's Liberal Party-Genadiev | 14,307 | 2.2 | 1 | New |
| People's Liberal Party-Petkov | 13,367 | 2.1 | 2 | New |
| Agrarian Independents¹ | 27,349 | 4.2 | 8 | +5 |
| Independents | 13,863 | 2.2 | ||
| Invalid/blank votes | 11,708 | – | – | – |
| Total | 656,354 | 100 | 236 | –9 |
| Source: Nohlen & Stöver | ||||
¹ The Agrarian Independents were former members of the Bulgarian Agrarian National Union.[2]
References
- ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p368 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
- ^ a b Nohlen & Stöver, p379
