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1953 Bulgarian parliamentary election

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1953 Bulgarian Parliamentary elections

← 1949 20 December 1953 1957 →

400 seats to the Grand National Assembly
Turnout100%
  First party
 
Leader Valko Chervenkov
Party BCP
Alliance Fatherland Front
Seats won 249
Popular vote 4,981,594
Percentage 99.8%

PM before election

Valko Chervenkov
Fatherland Front

Elected PM

Valko Chervenkov
Fatherland Front

Parliamentary elections were held in Bulgaria on 20 December 1953.[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 (per an electoral law adopted in 1953), voters only had the option of voting for or against the Front list. Only 0.2% of vote were cast against the Front. Voter turnout was reportedly 99.5%.[2][3]

Results

Party Votes % Seats +/–
Fatherland Front 4,981,594 99.8 249 +8
Against 9,077 0.2
Invalid/blank votes 967
Total 4,991,638 100 249 +8
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, p370