November 1923 Bulgarian parliamentary election
Appearance
Parliamentary elections were held in Bulgaria on 18 November 1923.[1] They followed a coup in June that had overthrown the Bulgarian Agrarian National Union government led by Aleksandar Stamboliyski, which had been elected in April. The result was a victory for the Democratic Alliance, which won 200 of the 247 seats. Voter turnout was 86.2%.[2]
Results
Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic Alliance | 639,881 | 63.8 | 200 | New |
Bulgarian Agrarian National Union | 132,160 | 13.2 | 19 | −193 |
National Liberal Party | 120,640 | 12.0 | 7 | +7 |
BZNS-BKP | 68,943 | 6.9 | 19 | – |
BZNS-BKP-Craftsmen | 12,246 | 0.8 | 2 | – |
Bulgarian Communist Party | 8,437 | 0.8 | ||
Independents | 21,206 | 2.1 | ||
Invalid/blank votes | 92,964 | – | – | – |
Total | 1,096,477 | 100 | 247 | +2 |
Source: Nohlen & Stöver |
References
- ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p368 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
- ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p380