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1991 Bulgarian parliamentary election

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Bulgarian Constitutional Assembly election, 1991
Bulgaria
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240 seats to the National Assembly
Turnout83.9%
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/–
SDS Philip Dimitrov 34.4 110
BSP Alexander Lilov 33.1 106
DPS Ahmed Dogan 7.6 24
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Prime Minister before Prime Minister after
Dimitar Popov
Independent
Philip Dimitrov
SDS

Parliamentary elections were held in Bulgaria on 13 October 1991.[1] The result was a victory for the Union of Democratic Forces (SDS), which won 110 of the 240 seats. Voter turnout was 83.9%.[2] Following the election, SDS leader Philip Dimitrov became Prime Minister, heading a coalition of the SDS and the Movement for Rights and Freedoms.

Results

Party Votes % Seats
Union of Democratic Forces 1,903,567 34.4 110
Pre-Electoral Union 1,836,050 33.1 106
Movement for Rights and Freedoms 418,168 7.6 24
Bulgarian Agrarian National Union-United 214,052 3.9 0
Bulgarian Agrarian People's Union "Nikola Petkov" 190,454 3.4 0
Union of Democratic Forces–Centre 177,295 3.2 0
Union of Democratic Forces–Liberal 155,902 2.8 0
Kingdom of Bulgaria Federation 100,883 1.8 0
Bulgarian Business Bloc 73,379 1.3 0
Bulgarian National Radical Party 62,462 1.1 0
Bulgarian Business Party 51,497 0.9 0
Freedom Coalition for the Turnovo Constitution 39,719 0.7 0
Bulgarian Communist Party 39,386 0.7 0
Political Transformation Forum 30,442 0.6 0
Movement of Non-partisans for Democracy 22,588 0.4 0
Liberal Party – Pernik 18,577 0.3 0
Coalition BNS, BOP and BNSND 17,262 0.3 0
Bulgarian National Democratic Party 15,399 0.3 0
Liberal Congress Party 14,454 0.3 0
National Patrotic Union Party 14,288 0.3 0
Bulgarian Democratic Party 13,767 0.3 0
Independent Democratic Party 12,770 0.2 0
Free Cooperative Party 12,150 0.2 0
Union of Non-partisan Guarantors 9,945 0.2 0
Bulgarian Revolutionary Party of Youth – Varna 8,133 0.2 0
Bulgarian Communist Party – Marxists 7,663 0.1 0
Radical Christian Party 6,399 0.1 0
Bulgarian Workers' Social Democratic Party 5,916 0.1 0
Bulgarian Eagle Party 4,853 0.1 0
Bulgarian Worker-Rural Party – Varna 3,793 0.1 0
Organisation of Invalids and Underprivileged Citizens of Bulgaria 3,362 0.1 0
Free Democratic Party 1,758 0.0 0
Bulgarian Democratic Party for European and World States 984 0.0 0
Party for Free Democracy – Centre 866 0.0 0
United Democratic Union 'Party for Justice' 30 0.0 0
Party of Proprietors of Bulgaria 8 0.0 0
Christian Radical Democratic Party 5 0.0 0
Independents 52,617 1.0 0
Invalid/blank votes 153,921
Total 5,694,764 100 240
Source: Nohlen & Stöver, University of Essex

References

  1. ^ Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p369 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p382