Bulgarian parliamentary election, 1919

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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 54.5%.[2]

Results

Party Votes % Seats +/–
Bulgarian Agrarian National Union176,28127.377+30
Bulgarian Social Democratic Workers' Party (Narrow Socialists)119,39518.547+36
Bulgarian Social Democratic Workers Party (Broad Socialists)84,18513.138+28
Democratic Party66,95310.428–3
People's Party57,9079.019+9
Progressive Liberal Party37,1785.88+6
Radical Democratic Party33,8615.38+3
People's Liberal Party-Genadiev14,3072.21New
People's Liberal Party-Petkov13,3672.12New
Agrarian Independents¹27,3494.28+5
Independents13,8632.2
Invalid/blank votes11,708
Total656,354100236–9
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

¹ The Agrarian Independents were former members of the Bulgarian Agrarian National Union.[2]

References

  1. Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p368 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. 1 2 Nohlen & Stöver, p379
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