1981 Bulgarian parliamentary election
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Parliamentary elections were held in Bulgaria on 7 June 1981.[1] The Fatherland Front, dominated by the Bulgarian Communist Party, was the only organisation to contest the election; all candidate lists had to be approved by the Front.[2] The Front nominated one candidate for each constituency. Of the 400 candidates 271 were members of the Communist Party, 99 were members of the Bulgarian Agrarian National Union and the remaining 30 were unaffiliated.[3] Voter turnout was reportedly 99.9%.[4]
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All 400 seats in the Grand National Assembly | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Turnout | 99.96% | ||||||||||||||||||||
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This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
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Results edit
| Party or alliance | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |||
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| Fatherland Front | Bulgarian Communist Party | 6,519,674 | 99.99 | 271 | –1 | ||
| Bulgarian Agrarian National Union | 99 | –1 | |||||
| Independents | 30 | +2 | |||||
| Against | 517 | 0.01 | – | – | |||
| Total | 6,520,191 | 100.00 | 400 | 0 | |||
| Valid votes | 6,520,191 | 99.94 | |||||
| Invalid/blank votes | 3,835 | 0.06 | |||||
| Total votes | 6,524,026 | 100.00 | |||||
| Registered voters/turnout | 6,526,782 | 99.96 | |||||
| Source: Nohlen & Stöver | |||||||
References edit
- ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p369 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
- ^ Bulgaria: a country study. Library of Congress Federal Research Division, December 1989.
- ^ Bulgaria Inter-Parliamentary Union
- ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p382