1919 Bulgarian parliamentary election
17 August 1919
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All 236 seats in the National Assembly 118 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
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Parliamentary elections were held in Bulgaria on 17 August 1919[1] to elect members of the XVIII Ordinary National Assembly. The result was a victory for the Bulgarian Agrarian National Union, which won 77 of the 236 seats. Voter turnout was 55%.[2]
Results
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bulgarian Agrarian National Union | 176,281 | 27.35 | 77 | +30 | |
| Bulgarian Communist Party | 119,395 | 18.52 | 47 | +36 | |
| Bulgarian Social Democratic Workers' Party (United) | 84,185 | 13.06 | 38 | +28 | |
| Democratic Party | 66,953 | 10.39 | 28 | –3 | |
| People's Party | 57,907 | 8.98 | 19 | +9 | |
| Progressive Liberal Party | 37,178 | 5.77 | 8 | +6 | |
| Radical Democratic Party | 33,861 | 5.25 | 8 | +3 | |
| Other BZNS groups[a] | 27,349 | 4.24 | 8 | New | |
| People's Liberal Party–Genadiev | 14,307 | 2.22 | 1 | New | |
| People's Liberal Party–Petkov | 13,367 | 2.07 | 2 | New | |
| Liberal Party (Radoslavists)[b] | 9,313 | 1.44 | 0 | –83 | |
| Young Liberals Party | 4,093 | 0.63 | 0 | –12 | |
| Others | 457 | 0.07 | 0 | – | |
| Total | 644,646 | 100.00 | 236 | –9 | |
| Valid votes | 644,646 | 98.22 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 11,708 | 1.78 | |||
| Total votes | 656,354 | 100.00 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 1,203,745 | 54.53 | |||
| Source: National Statistical Institute[4] | |||||
- ^ a b Includes various BZNS splinters. All eight elected were from BZNS-Stara Zagora led by Dimitar Dragiev.
- ^ Includes breakaways (1,618 votes) and Liberal–Young Liberals coalitions (319 votes)[3]
Aftermath
BZNS formed a coalition government with the People's Party and the Progressive Liberal party. The government signed the Treaty of Neuilly. During its term several ministers from the government of Vasil Radoslavov were imprisoned, due to their involvement in Bulgaria's entry into WW1. Following a mass national transport workers' strike, Prime Minister Stamboliyski requested the tsar schedule early elections, in the hopes of achieving an outright majority in the Assembly.[5][6]
References
- ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p368 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
- ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p379
- ^ Dolf Sternberger, Berngard Vogel & Dieter Nohlen (1969). Die Wahl der Parlamente: Band I: Europa - Erster Halbband. p. 146.
- ^ Statistique des elections des deputes pour la XVII-eme, XVIII-eme et XIX-eme Assemblees nationales ordinaires. NSI. 1928. pp. 35, 49, 53.
- ^ Kumanov, Milen. Political organizations and movements in Bulgaria and their leaders 1879-1949, Sofia 1991.
- ^ Tsurakov, Angel. Encyclopedia of Governments, National Assemblies, and Assassinations in Bulgaria. Sofia, Trud Publishing House, 2008. ISBN 954-528-790-X, p. 138-146.