Bulgarian parliamentary election, 1981

Bulgarian Parlamentary elections, 1981
Bulgaria
07 June 1981

400 seats to the Grand National Assembly
Turnout 100%
  First party
 
Leader Todor Zhivkov
Party Fatherland Front
Seats won 400
Popular vote 6,519,674
Percentage 100%

PM before election

Stanko Todorov
Fatherland Front

Elected PM

Grisha Filipov
Fatherland Front

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Parliamentary elections were held in Bulgaria on 7 June 1981.[1] The Fatherland Front was the only organisation to contest the election and nominated one candidate for each constituency. Of the 400 candidates 271 were members of the Bulgarian Communist Party, 99 were members of the Bulgarian Agrarian National Union and the remaining 30 were unaffiliated.[2] Voter turnout was reportedly 99.9%.[3]

Results

Party Votes % Seats +/–
Fatherland Front6,519,6741004000
Against5170.0
Invalid/blank votes3,835
Total6,524,0261004000
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

References

  1. Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p369 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. Bulgaria Inter-Parliamentary Union
  3. Nohlen & Stöver, p382
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