Bulgarian Constitutional Assembly election, 1990

Bulgarian Constitutional Assembly elections, 1990
Bulgaria
10 June 1990

400 seats to the Grand National Assembly
Turnout 90.3%
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Alexander Lilov Zhelyu Zhelev Ahmed Dogan
Party BSP SDS DPS
Seats won 211 144 24
Popular vote 2,887,766 2,217,798 491,596
Percentage 47.2% 36.2% 8.0%

  Fourth party
 
Leader Victor Valkov
Party BZNS
Seats won 16
Popular vote 368,929
Percentage 6.0%

PM before election

Andrey Lukanov
BSP

Elected PM

Dimitar Popov
Independent

Constitutional Assembly elections were held in Bulgaria on 10 June 1990, with a second round for eighteen seats on 17 June.[1][2] They were the first elections held since the fall of Communism the previous winter, and the first free national elections since 1931. The elections were held to elect the 7th Grand National Assembly, tasked with adopting a new (democratic) constitution. The new electoral system was changed from 400 single-member constituencies used during the Communist-era to a split system whereby half were elected in single member constituencies and half by proportional representation.[3] The result was a victory for the Bulgarian Socialist Party, the freshly renamed Communist Party, which won 211 of the 400 seats. Voter turnout was 90.3%, the highest on record.[4]

Results

Party Constituency PR Total
seats
Votes % Seats Votes % Seats
Bulgarian Socialist Party 1142,887,76647.1597211
Union of Democratic Forces 692,217,79836.2175144
Movement for Rights and Freedoms 11491,5968.031223
Bulgarian Agrarian National Union 0368,9296.021616
Patriotic Party of Labour 136,6680.6001
Alternative Socialist Party 022,0640.3600
Alternative Socialist Union 016,0610.2600
Liberal Party - Pernik 015,0340.2500
Union of Disabled 0 00
Union of Non-Party Members 0 00
Fatherland Front 22
Social Democratic Party 11
29 other parties 068,5841.1200
Independents 22
Invalid/blank votes244,296208,833
Total6,334,4151002006,333,334100200400
Registered voters/turnout6,976,62090.796,976,62090.78
Source: University of Essex

References

  1. Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p. 369 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. Bulgaria: Elections held in 1990 Inter-Parliamentary Union
  3. Nohlen & Stöver, p. 356
  4. Nohlen & Stöver, p. 377
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