Bulgarian parliamentary election, 1953

Bulgarian Parliamentary elections, 1953
Bulgaria
20 December 1953

400 seats to the Grand National Assembly
Turnout 100%
  First party
 
Leader Valko Chervenkov
Party Fatherland Front
Seats won 249
Popular vote 4,981,594
Percentage 99.8%

PM before election

Valko Chervenkov
Fatherland Front

Elected PM

Valko Chervenkov
Fatherland Front

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Parliamentary elections were held in Bulgaria on 20 December 1953.[1] The Fatherland Front was the only organisation to contest the election, and voters had the choice of voting for or against the party, with only 0.2% of the votes being cast against. Voter turnout was reportedly 99.5%.[2]

Results

Party Votes % Seats +/–
Fatherland Front4,981,59499.8249+8
Against9,0770.2
Invalid/blank votes967
Total4,991,638100249+8
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

References

  1. Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p368 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. Nohlen & Stöver, p370
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