Bulgarian parliamentary election, 1946
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Constitutional Assembly elections were held in Bulgaria
on 27 October 1946. The result was a victory for the Bulgarian Communist Party
, which won 278 of the 465 seats. Voter turnout was 92.6%.
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 27 October 1946. The result was a victory for the 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...
, which won 278 of the 465 seats. Voter turnout was 92.6%.
Results
| Party | Votes | % | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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... |
2,264,852 | 53.9 | 278 |
| BZNS 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... -NP-ORSDP |
1,191,455 | 28.3 | 101 |
| Bulgarian Agrarian National Union 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... |
564,581 | 13.4 | 68 |
| Bulgarian Social Democratic Workers Party (Broad Socialists) | 79,774 | 1.9 | 9 |
| Zveno Zveno Zveno was a Bulgarian military and political organization, founded in 1927 by army officers. It was associated with a newspaper of that name.... |
70,731 | 1.7 | 8 |
| Democratic Party Democratic Party (Bulgaria) The Democratic Party is a center-right party in Bulgaria led by Alexander Pramatarski. It is part of the United Democratic Forces. The United Democratic Forces won in the 2001 elections 18.2 % of the popular vote and 51 out of 240 seats... |
22,736 | 0.5 | 0 |
| Radical Democratic Party Radical Democratic Party (Bulgaria) The Radical Democratic Party is a liberal party in Bulgaria. The party was founded in 1902 by Naičo Canov and other dissidents from the Democratic Party. It was banned in 1934, revived in 1944 and again banned in 1949.... |
8,868 | 0.2 | 1 |
| Independents | 298 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Invalid/blank votes | 63,319 | – | – |
| Total | 4,266,614 | 100 | 465 |
| Source: Nohlen & Stöver | |||