Bulgarian parliamentary election, 1939

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Parliamentary elections were held in Bulgaria on 24 December 1939, although voting continued in some areas into January 1940.^[1] The elections were officially held on a non-partisan basis with the Bulgarian Agrarian National Union and Bulgarian Communist Party banned,^[2] and in a process tightly controlled by Tsar Boris III, by then the real power in the country.^[3] However, candidates representing parties did contest the elections.^[4] Pro-government candidates won a majority of seats.^[5] Voter turnout was 67.2%.^[6]

Results

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Pro-government candidates	1,222,971	57.7	142	+45
Bulgarian Communist Party	170,252	8.0	10	–45
Bulgarian Agrarian National Union (Tomov)	150,251	7.1	5
Bulgarian Agrarian National Union (Dragiev)	125,713	5.9	5
Agrarians	94,354	4.5	3
National Social Movement	68,815	3.2
Democratic Alliance	59,740	2.8
National Liberal Party	46,766	2.3
Democratic Party	38,863	1.8
Zveno	37,706	1.8
Bulgarian Social Democratic Workers Party (Broad Socialists)	26,672	1.3
Radical Democratic Party	18,939	0.9
Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization	14,593	0.7
Other opposition candidates	42,351	2.0
Invalid/blank votes	57,177	–	–	–
Total	2,175,163	100	160	0
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

References

↑ Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, pp368-369 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
↑ Nohlen & Stöver, p354
↑ Bulgaria: a country study. Library of Congress Federal Research Division, December 1989.
↑ Nohlen & Stöver, p381
↑ Nohlen & Stöver, p386
↑ Nohlen & Stöver, p370

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