Bulgaria

1990 Elections to the Grand National Assembly

Date: first round: 10 June; Secound round: 17 June
Number of Registered voters: 6,976,620
Turnout: 90.79% (first round single-member constituencies); 90.78% (first round-list); 84.14% (second round - held only in 81 constituencies)
Votes: total cast: 6,334,415 (single-member); 6,333,334 (list); valid:  6,090,119 (first round single-member); 6,124,501 (first round- list); 2,349,284 (second round).

Party/Grouping

 List votes

% list votes

List seats Single- member votes

Single- member seats

 Total seats
BSP - Bulgarian Socialist Party (Balgarska Socialisticheska Partiya) 2,887,766

47.15

97

 N/A

114

211
SDS - Union of Democratic Forces  (Sajuz na Demokratichnite Sili) 2,217,798

36.21

75

 N/A

69

144
DPS - Movement for Rights and Freedoms (Dvijenie za Prava i Svobodi) 491,596

8.03

12

 N/A

11

23
BZNS - Bulgarian Agrarian National Union (Balgarski Zemedelski Naroden Sajuz) 368,929

6.02

16

 N/A

0

16
Fatherland Front (Otechestven Front) N/A

0

0

 N/A

2

2
Fatherland Party of Labour (Otechestvena Partiya na Truda) 36,668

0.60

0

 N/A

1

1
Social Democratic Party (Social-democraticheska Partiya) N/A 0.72 0 N/A

1

 1
Alternative Socialist Party (Alternativna Sotsialisticheska Partiya) 22,064 0.36

0

 N/A

0

0
Alternative Socialist Association (Alternativna Sotsialisticheska Sajuz) 16,061 0.26 0 N/A 0 0
Liberal Party - Pernik 15,034 0.25

0

 N/A

0

0
Union of Disabled (Sajuz na Invalidite) N/A 0.17

0

 N/A

0

0
Union of Non-Party Members N/A 0.16 0 N/A 0 0
Independent -

0

0

 N/A

2

2
Other 29 parties and associations 68,584

1.12

0

 N/A

0

0
TOTAL 6,124,501

100

200

 N/A

200

400

 

1991 Parliamentary Elections

Date: 13 October
Number of registered voters: 6,790,006
Turnout: 83.87%
Votes: total cast: 5,694,842; valid: 5,540,837

Party/Grouping

Votes

% Votes

Seats

% Seats
SDS - Union of Democratic Forces (Sajuz na Demokratichnite Sili)

1,903,567

34.36

110

 45.83
Pre-election Union of BSP  - Bulgarian Socialist Party (Balgarska Socialisticheska Partiya)

1,836,050

33.14

106

 44.17
DPS - Movement for Rights and Freedoms (Dvijenie za Prava i Svobodi)

418,168

7.55

24

 10
BZNS-O - Bulgarian National Agrarian Union-United (Balgarski Zemedelski Naroden Sajuz - Obedineni)

214,052

3.86

0

 0
BZNS-NP - Bulgarian National Agrarian Union "Nikola Petkov" (Balgarski Zemedelski Naroden Sajuz "Nikola Petkov")

190,454

3.44

0

 0
Union of Democratic Forces-Centre (Sajuz na Demokratichnite Sili -Tzentar)

177,295

3.20

0

 0
Union of Democratic Forces-Liberals (Sajuz na Demokratichnite Sili - Liberali)

155,902

2.81

0

 0
Kingdom of Bulgaria Federation (Federatsia Tzarstvo Balgaria)

100,883

1.82

0

 0
BBB -  Bulgarian Business Bloc (Balgarski Biznes Blok)

73,379

1.32

0

 0
Bulgarian National Radical Party (Balgarska Natsionalna Radikalna Partiya)

62,462

1.13

0

 0
Bulgarian Business Party (Balgarski Biznes Partiya)

51,497

0.93

0

 0
"Freedom" Coalition for the Tarnovo Constitution ("Svoboda" Koalitsija za Tarnovskata Konstitutsija)

39,719

0.72

0

 0
BKP - Bulgarian Communist Party (Balgarska Komunisticheska Partiya)

39,386

0.71

0

 0
25 other parties and 17 independents

278,023

5.02

0

 0
TOTAL

5,540,837

100

240

100

 

1994 (pre-term) Parliamentary Elections

Date: 18 December
Number of registered voters: 6,997,954
Turnout: 75.23%
Votes: total cast: 5,264,448; valid: 5,202,065

Party/Grouping

Votes

% Votes

Seats

 % Seats
Coalition BSP (Bulgarian Socialist Party (Balgarska Socialisticheska Partiya) - BZNS - AS - Bulgarian Agrarian People's Union - Alexander Stanboliski  (Balgarski Zemedelski Naroden Sajuz - Aleksander Stanbolijnski) - PC "Ecoglasnost" 2,262,943 43.50 125 52.08
SDS - Union of Democratic Forces (Sajuz na Demokratichnite Sili) 1,260,374 24.23 69 28.75
NS (BZNS-DP) - People's Union - Coalition of  Bulgarian Agrarian National Union and Democratic Party (Naroden Sajuz - Balgarski Zemedelski Naroden Sajuz  + Demokraticheska Partiya) 338,478 6.51 18 7.50
DPS - Movement for Rights and Freedoms (Dvijenie za Prava i Svobodi) 283,094 5.44 15 6.25
BBB -  Bulgarian Business Bloc (Balgarski Biznes Blok) 245,849 4.73 13 5.42
Democratic Alternative for the Republic (Demokratichna Alternativa za Republikata) 197,057 3.79 0 0
BKP - Bulgarian Communist Party (Balgarska Komunisticheska Partiya) 78,606 1.51 0 0
SNI - "New Choice" Union (Sajuz Nov Izbor) 77,641 1.49 0 0
Patriotic Union (Patriotichen Sajuz) 74,350 1.43 0 0
Kingdom of Bulgaria Federation (Federatsija Tzarstvo Balgarija) 73,205 1.41 0 0
Kingdom of Bulgaria National Movement for Monarchical Democracy (Tsarstvo Balgarija - Dvijenie za Koronovana Demokratsija) 40,642 0.78 0 0
Kingdom of Bulgaria Union of Royalist Forces (Tzarstvo Balgarija - Sajuz na Rojalistkite Sili) 31,884 0.61 0 0
Bulgarian National Radical Party (Balgarska Natsionalna Radicalna Partiya) 27,853 0.54 0 0
35 other parties and coalitions + 8 independent candidates 210,089

4.04

0

0
TOTAL 5,202,065

100

240

100

 

 

1997 Parliamentary Elections

Date: 19 April
Number of registered voters: 7,289,956
Turnout: 58.87%
Votes: total cast: 4,291,258; valid: 4,256,928

Party/Grouping

Votes

% Votes

Seats

% Seats
ODS* - United Democratic Forces (Obedineni Demokratichni Sili)

2,223,714

52.02

137

57.08
DL** - Democratic Left (Demokratichna Levitsa)

939,308

21.97

58

24.16
ONS*** - Alliance for National Salvation (Obedinenie za Natsionalno Spasenie)

323,429

7.57

19

7.91
EL - Euro-Left Coalition (Koalitsija Evrolevitsa)

234,058

5.48

14

5.83
BBB -  Bulgarian Business Bloc (Balgarski Biznes Blok)

209,796

4.91

12

5
BKP - Bulgarian Communist Party (Balgarska Komunisticheska Partiya)

50,864

1.19

 0 0
OC -  Alliance for the King (Obedenenie za Tzarja)

46,765

1.09

0 0
Bulgarian Christian Coalition (Balgarska Hristijanska Koalitsija)

26,614

0.62

0 0
Democratic Justice Party (Partiya za Demokratichna Spavedlivost)

20,433

0.48

0 0
Bulgarian Party of  Women (Balgarska Partiya za Jenite)

16,061

0.38

0 0
LF - Liberal Forum (Liberalen Forum)

13,638

0.32

0 0
28 other parties

150,639

3.52

0 0
10 independent candidates

19,335

0.45

 0 0
TOTAL

4,274,654

100

240

100

 

* ODS (Obedineni Demokratichni Sili - United Democratic Forces) = SDS (Sajuz na Demokratichni Sili - Union of Democratic Forces) + BZNS (Balgarski Zemedelski Naroden Sajuz - Bulgarian Agrarian People's Union) + DP (Demokraticheska Partiya - Democratic Party) + BSDP (Balgarska Sotsialna Demokraticheska Partiya - Bulgarian Social Democratic Party)

** DL (Democratichnata Levitsa - Democratic Left) = BSP (Balgarska Socialisticheska Partiya - Bulgarian Socialist Party) + DE (Dvijenie Ekoglasnost - Ecoglasnost Movement) + BZNS-AS (Balgarski Zemedelski Naroden Sajuz - Aleksander Stambolijnski - Bulgarian Agrarian People's Union - Alexander Stambolijnski)

*** ONS (Obedinenie za Nacionalno Spasenie - Union for National Salvation)= DPS (Dvijenie za Pravata i Svobodie -Movement for Rights and Freedoms) + ZP (Zelena Partiya - Green Party) + SNI (Sajuz Nov Izbor - Union New Choice)

 

SOURCES:
- Democracy Traditions Foundation http://www.math.bas.bg/dt/;
- Georgi Karasimeonov (1998) "Bulgaria" in The handbook of political change in Eastern Europe, ed. Sten Berglund, Tomas Hellén, Frank H. Aarebrot, Cheltenham: Elgar.
- Bulgaria Online http://www.online.bg/main/politics.htm

 

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