Bulgarian Constitutional Assembly election, 1946

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Constitutional Assembly elections were held in Bulgaria on 27 October 1946.[1] The result was a victory for the Bulgarian Communist Party, which won 278 of the 465 seats. Voter turnout was 92.6%.[2]

Results

Party Votes % Seats
Bulgarian Communist Party 2,264,852 53.9 278
BZNS-NP-ORSDP 1,191,455 28.3 101
Bulgarian Agrarian National Union 564,581 13.4 68
Bulgarian Social Democratic Workers Party (Broad Socialists) 79,774 1.9 9
Zveno 70,731 1.7 8
Democratic Party 22,736 0.5 0
Radical Democratic Party 8,868 0.2 1
Independents 298 0.0 0
Invalid/blank votes 63,319
Total 4,266,614 100 465
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

References

  1. ^ Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, pp368 ISBN 9873832956097
  2. ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p376