Bulgarian parliamentary election, 1991
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Parliamentary elections were held in Bulgaria
on 13 October 1991. The result was a victory for the Union of Democratic Forces
, which won 110 of the 240 seats. Voter turnout was 83.9%.
Bulgaria
Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east...
on 13 October 1991. The result was a victory for the Union of Democratic Forces
Union of Democratic Forces (Bulgaria)
The Union of Democratic Forces is a political party in Bulgaria, founded in 1989 as a union of several political organizations in opposition to the communist government. In February 1997 the Union was transformed into a single unified party with the same name...
, which won 110 of the 240 seats. Voter turnout was 83.9%.
Results
| Party | Votes | % | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|
| Union of Democratic Forces Union of Democratic Forces (Bulgaria) The Union of Democratic Forces is a political party in Bulgaria, founded in 1989 as a union of several political organizations in opposition to the communist government. In February 1997 the Union was transformed into a single unified party with the same name... |
1,903,567 | 34.4 | 110 |
| Bulgarian Socialist Party Bulgarian Socialist Party The Bulgarian Socialist Party is social-democratic political party in Bulgaria and successor to the Bulgarian Communist Party. The BSP is a member of the Party of European Socialists and Socialist International, and is currently led by Sergei Stanishev.... |
1,836,050 | 33.1 | 106 |
| Movement for Rights and Freedoms Movement for Rights and Freedoms The Movement for Rights and Freedoms is an ethnic Turkish party in Bulgaria. The MRF is a member of the Liberal International and considers itself a liberal party, rather like the Swedish People's Party - party of the Swedish-speaking minority of Finland... |
418,168 | 7.6 | 24 |
| Bulgarian Agrarian National Union-United Bulgarian Agrarian National Union Bulgarian Agrarian National Union also tiranslated to English as Bulgarian Agrarian People's Union is a political party devoted to representing the causes of the Bulgarian peasantry. It was most powerful between 1900 and 1923. In practice, it was an agrarian movement... |
214,052 | 3.9 | 0 |
| Bulgarian Agrarian National Union-Nikola Petkov Bulgarian Agrarian National Union Bulgarian Agrarian National Union also tiranslated to English as Bulgarian Agrarian People's Union is a political party devoted to representing the causes of the Bulgarian peasantry. It was most powerful between 1900 and 1923. In practice, it was an agrarian movement... |
190,454 | 3.4 | 0 |
| Union of Democratic Forces-Centre Union of Democratic Forces (Bulgaria) The Union of Democratic Forces is a political party in Bulgaria, founded in 1989 as a union of several political organizations in opposition to the communist government. In February 1997 the Union was transformed into a single unified party with the same name... |
177,295 | 3.2 | 0 |
| Union of Democratic Forces-Liberals Union of Democratic Forces (Bulgaria) The Union of Democratic Forces is a political party in Bulgaria, founded in 1989 as a union of several political organizations in opposition to the communist government. In February 1997 the Union was transformed into a single unified party with the same name... |
155,902 | 2.8 | 0 |
| Federatsiya Tsarstvo Bulgsriya | 100,883 | 1.8 | 0 |
| Bulgarian Business Bloc | 73,379 | 1.3 | 0 |
| Bulgarian National Radical Party | 62,462 | 1.1 | 0 |
| Bulgarian Business Party | 51,497 | 0.9 | 0 |
| Coalition for Freedom Tarnovo Constitution | 39,719 | 0.7 | 0 |
| Bulgarian Communist Party Bulgarian Communist Party The Bulgarian Communist Party was the communist and Marxist-Leninist ruling party of the People's Republic of Bulgaria from 1946 until 1990 when the country ceased to be a communist state... |
39,386 | 0.7 | 0 |
| Forum Transfiguration | 30,442 | 0.6 | 0 |
| Non-party Movement for Democracy | 22,588 | 0.4 | 0 |
| Liberal Party – Pernik | 18,577 | 0.3 | 0 |
| Coalition BNS, BOP and BNSND | 17,262 | 0.3 | 0 |
| Bulgarian National Democratic Party | 15,399 | 0.3 | 0 |
| Liberal Congress | 14,454 | 0.3 | 0 |
| National Patriotic Union | 14,288 | 0.3 | 0 |
| Bulgarian Democratic Party | 13,767 | 0.3 | 0 |
| Independent Democratic Party | 12,770 | 0.2 | 0 |
| Free Cooperative Party | 12,150 | 0.2 | 0 |
| Soyuz na Bezpartiynite Garanti | 9,945 | 0.2 | 0 |
| Bulgarian Revolutionary Youth Party | 8,133 | 0.2 | 0 |
| Bulgarian Communist Party – Marxists | 7,663 | 0.1 | 0 |
| Christian Radical Party | 6,399 | 0.1 | 0 |
| Bulgarian Workers' Party CD | 5,916 | 0.1 | 0 |
| Party of Bulgarian Eagle | 4,853 | 0.1 | 0 |
| Bulgarian Worker-Peasant Party | 3,793 | 0.1 | 0 |
| Organisation of Heart Disease, Social... | 3,362 | 0.1 | 0 |
| Free Democratic Party | 1,758 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Bulgarian Democratic Party for United States of Europe and the World | 984 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Party of Free Democrats – Centre | 866 | 0.0 | 0 |
| United Democratic Union Party | 30 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Party Owners in Bulgaria | 8 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Radical Christian Democratic Party | 5 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Independents | 52,617 | 1.0 | 0 |
| Invalid/blank votes | 153,921 | – | – |
| Total | 5,694,764 | 100 | 240 |
| Source: Nohlen & Stöver, Todor 66 | |||