Jump to content

1962 Bulgarian parliamentary election

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
1962 Bulgarian Parliamentary elections

← 1957 25 February 1962 1966 →

400 seats to the Grand National Assembly
Turnout100%
  First party
 
Leader Todor Zhivkov
Party BCP
Alliance Fatherland Front
Seats won 321
Popular vote 5,461,224
Percentage 100%

PM before election

Anton Yugov
Fatherland Front

Elected PM

Todor Zhivkov
Fatherland Front

Parliamentary elections were held in Bulgaria on 25 February 1962.[1] Voters were presented with a single list from the Fatherland Front, dominated by the Bulgarian Communist Party. As the Fatherland Front was the only organisation to contest the election and all candidate lists had to be approved by the Front, voters only had the option of voting for or against the Front list.[2] Only 1,668 of the 5,462,892 valid votes were cast against the Front list. Voter turnout was reportedly 99.7%.[3]

Results

Party Votes % Seats +/–
Fatherland Front 5,461,224 100 321 +74
Against 1,668 0.0
Invalid/blank votes 3,625
Total 5,466,517 100 321 +74
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. ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p381