Bulgarian parliamentary election, 1931
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Parliamentary elections were held in Bulgaria
on 21 June 1931. The result was a victory for the Popular Bloc, an alliance of the Bulgarian Agrarian National Union (Dragiev)
, the Democratic Party
, the National Liberal Party (Petrov) and the Radical Democratic Party
, which won 151 of the 273 seats. Voter turnout was 85.2%.
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 21 June 1931. The result was a victory for the Popular Bloc, an alliance of the Bulgarian Agrarian National Union (Dragiev)
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...
, the 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...
, the National Liberal Party (Petrov) and the 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....
, which won 151 of the 273 seats. Voter turnout was 85.2%.
Results
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Popular Bloc | 626,553 | 48.4 | 151 | |
| Democratic Alliance Democratic Alliance (Bulgaria) The Democratic Alliance was a Bulgarian party that existed between 1923 and 1934 when all parties were banned. During most of that period it was the ruling party in the country making it the third longest-ruling party in the country after the Bulgarian Communist Party and the People's Liberal... -National Liberal Party |
403,686 | 31.2 | 78 | −96 |
| 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... |
168,281 | 13.0 | 31 | New |
| United Labour Social Democratic Party | 27,323 | 2.1 | 0 | New |
| Socialist Federation | 26,501 | 2.0 | 0 | New |
| BZNS (Tomov) 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... -Craftsmen-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.... |
20,805 | 1.6 | 0 | −6 |
| United Popular Progressive Party | 8,152 | 0.6 | 0 | 0 |
| Independents | 11,980 | 0.9 | 0 | 0 |
| Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization | 8 | |||
| Bulgarian Social Democratic Workers Party (Broad Socialists) | 5 | −5 | ||
| Invalid/blank votes | 22,228 | – | – | – |
| Total | 1,315,509 | 100 | 273 | +12 |
| Source: Nohlen & Stöver | ||||