Bulgarian parliamentary election, 1920
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Parliamentary elections were held in Bulgaria
on 28 March 1920. The result was a victory for the Bulgarian Agrarian National Union
, which won 110 of the 229 seats. Voter turnout was 77.3%.
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 28 March 1920. The result was a victory for the 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...
, which won 110 of the 229 seats. Voter turnout was 77.3%.
Results
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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... |
349,212 | 38.6 | 110 | |
| 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... |
184,616 | 20.4 | 50 | |
| 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... |
91,177 | 10.1 | 24 | –4 |
| Popular Party | 61,647 | 6.8 | 14 | –5 |
| Bulgarian Social Democratic Workers Party (Broad Socialists) | 55,452 | 6.1 | 9 | –29 |
| Progressive Liberal Party | 46,478 | 5.1 | 8 | 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.... |
41,930 | 4.6 | 8 | 0 |
| Popular Liberal Party-Genadiev | 26,819 | 3.0 | 2 | |
| Liberal Party-PLP Petkov-Young Liberals Party | 14,469 | 1.6 | 0 | – |
| 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... -Popular Party |
8,242 | 0.9 | 0 | – |
| Popular Party-Progressive Liberal Party | 8,065 | 0.9 | 0 | – |
| Popular Liberal Party-Petkov | 7,785 | 0.9 | 4 | |
| Independents | 9,726 | 1.1 | 0 | – |
| Invalid/blank votes | 9,554 | – | – | – |
| Total | 915,172 | 100 | 229 | –7 |
| Source: Nohlen & Stöver | ||||