Bulgarian parliamentary election, 1991
Bulgarian Constitutional Assembly election, 1991
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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
- ↑ Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p369 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
- ↑ Nohlen & Stöver, p382
