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1976 Bulgarian parliamentary election

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1976 Bulgarian Parliamentary elections

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400 seats to the Grand National Assembly
Turnout100%
  First party
 
Leader Todor Zhivkov
Party BCP
Alliance Fatherland Front
Seats won 400
Popular vote 6,369,762
Percentage 100%

PM before election

Stanko Todorov
Fatherland Front

Elected PM

Stanko Todorov
Fatherland Front

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 Votes % Seats +/–
Fatherland Front 6,369,762 100 400 0
Against 780 0.0
Invalid/blank votes 4,461
Total 6,375,003 100 400 0
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

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