1919 Bulgarian parliamentary election

1919 Bulgarian parliamentary election

17 August 1919

All 236 seats of the National Assembly
118 seats needed for a majority
Turnout54.53%
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Aleksandar Stamboliyski Dimitar Blagoev Yanko Sakazov
Party BANU BRSDP (t.s.) BRSDP (sh.s.)
Last election 47 seats 11 seats 10 seats
Seats won 77 47 38
Seat change 30 36 28
Popular vote 176,281 119,395 84,185
Percentage 27.35% 18.52% 13.06%

Prime Minister before election

Teodor Teodorov
People's Party

Prime Minister after election

Teodor Teodorov
People's Party

Parliamentary elections were held in Bulgaria on 17 August 1919.[1] The result was a victory for the Bulgarian Agrarian National Union, which won 77 of the 236 seats. Voter turnout was 55%.[2]

Results

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Bulgarian Agrarian National Union176,28127.3577+30
Bulgarian Social Democratic Workers' Party (Narrow Socialists)119,39518.5247+36
Bulgarian Social Democratic Workers Party (Broad Socialists)84,18513.0638+28
Democratic Party66,95310.3928–3
People's Party57,9078.9819+9
Progressive Liberal Party37,1785.778+6
Radical Democratic Party33,8615.258+3
People's Liberal Party–Genadiev14,3072.221New
People's Liberal Party–Petkov13,3672.072New
Agrarian Independents[a]27,3494.248
Independents13,8632.15
Total644,646100.00236–9
Valid votes644,64698.22
Invalid/blank votes11,7081.78
Total votes656,354100.00
Registered voters/turnout1,203,74554.53
Source: Nohlen & Stöver
  1. ^ Former members of the Bulgarian Agrarian National Union.[2]

References

  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p368 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. ^ a b Nohlen & Stöver, p379