Bulgarian Constitutional Assembly election, 1991
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240 seats to the National Assembly |
| Turnout |
83.9% |
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Parliamentary elections were held in Bulgaria on 13 October 1991.[1] The result was a victory for the Union of Democratic Forces (SDS), which won 110 of the 240 seats. Voter turnout was 83.9%.[2] Following the election, SDS leader Philip Dimitrov became Prime Minister, heading a coalition of the SDS and the Movement for Rights and Freedoms.
Results
| Party |
Votes |
% |
Seats |
| Union of Democratic Forces |
1,903,567 |
34.4 |
110 |
| Pre-Electoral Union |
1,836,050 |
33.1 |
106 |
| Movement for Rights and Freedoms |
418,168 |
7.6 |
24 |
| Bulgarian Agrarian National Union-United |
214,052 |
3.9 |
0 |
| Bulgarian Agrarian People's Union "Nikola Petkov" |
190,454 |
3.4 |
0 |
| Union of Democratic Forces–Centre |
177,295 |
3.2 |
0 |
| Union of Democratic Forces–Liberal |
155,902 |
2.8 |
0 |
| Kingdom of Bulgaria Federation |
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 |
| Freedom Coalition for the Turnovo Constitution |
39,719 |
0.7 |
0 |
| Bulgarian Communist Party |
39,386 |
0.7 |
0 |
| Political Transformation Forum |
30,442 |
0.6 |
0 |
| Movement of Non-partisans 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 Party |
14,454 |
0.3 |
0 |
| National Patrotic Union Party |
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 |
| Union of Non-partisan Guarantors |
9,945 |
0.2 |
0 |
| Bulgarian Revolutionary Party of Youth – Varna |
8,133 |
0.2 |
0 |
| Bulgarian Communist Party – Marxists |
7,663 |
0.1 |
0 |
| Radical Christian Party |
6,399 |
0.1 |
0 |
| Bulgarian Workers' Social Democratic Party |
5,916 |
0.1 |
0 |
| Bulgarian Eagle Party |
4,853 |
0.1 |
0 |
| Bulgarian Worker-Rural Party – Varna |
3,793 |
0.1 |
0 |
| Organisation of Invalids and Underprivileged Citizens of Bulgaria |
3,362 |
0.1 |
0 |
| Free Democratic Party |
1,758 |
0.0 |
0 |
| Bulgarian Democratic Party for European and World States |
984 |
0.0 |
0 |
| Party for Free Democracy – Centre |
866 |
0.0 |
0 |
| United Democratic Union 'Party for Justice' |
30 |
0.0 |
0 |
| Party of Proprietors of Bulgaria |
8 |
0.0 |
0 |
| Christian Radical Democratic Party |
5 |
0.0 |
0 |
| Independents |
52,617 |
1.0 |
0 |
| Invalid/blank votes |
153,921 |
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– |
| Total |
5,694,764 |
100 |
240 |
| Source: Nohlen & Stöver, University of Essex |
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