April 1923 Bulgarian parliamentary election
22 April 1923
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All 245 seats in the National Assembly 123 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Turnout | 86.48% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
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Parliamentary elections were held in Bulgaria on 22 April 1923.[1] to elect members of the XX Ordinary National Assembly. The result was a victory for the ruling Bulgarian Agrarian National Union, which won 212 of the 245 seats. Voter turnout was 86%.[2]
Results
| Party or alliance | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |||
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| Bulgarian Agrarian National Union | 569,139 | 53.77 | 212 | +102 | |||
| Bulgarian Communist Party | 203,972 | 19.27 | 16 | –34 | |||
| Constitutional Bloc[a] | Constitutional Bloc | 166,909 | 15.77 | 14 | –40 | ||
| Constitutional Bloc–BRSDP (united) | 31,768 | 3.00 | 3 | –6 | |||
| National Liberal Party | 55,963 | 5.29 | 0 | –6 | |||
| BRSDP (united) | 27,816 | 2.63 | 0 | – | |||
| Other BZNS groups | 2,768 | 0.26 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Others | 141 | 0.01 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Total | 1,058,476 | 100.00 | 245 | +16 | |||
| Valid votes | 1,058,476 | 98.10 | |||||
| Invalid/blank votes | 20,532 | 1.90 | |||||
| Total votes | 1,079,008 | 100.00 | |||||
| Registered voters/turnout | 1,247,720 | 86.48 | |||||
| Source: National Statistical Institute[3] | |||||||
Aftermath
Following the election, much of the opposition became involved in the organization of a coup. Interior minister Hristo Stoyanov had called 5000 Orange Guards to Sofia in response, however early in the morning on 9 June 1923 the government was overthrown.[4]
The People's Alliance, which had organized the coup alongside the Bulgarian Military Union, formed a government with the parties of the opposition Constitutional Bloc (ONPP, DP and RDP) as well as the NLP and the Broad Socialists. NLP's sole minister, Boyan Smilov, was later forced to resign under Socialist pressure. In the months that followed, BZNS leader Aleksandar Stamboliyski was murdered, many other BZNS members were imprisoned and the anti-government June Uprising and September Uprising took place. The People's Alliance, ONPP, DP and RDP merged into the Democratic Alliance on 10 August and snap elections were scheduled for November.[5]
Notes
- ^ Democratic Party - 8 seats, United People's Progressive Party - 4 seats, Radical Democratic Party - 2 seats, BRSDP (united) - 2 seats, Independent - 1 seat
References
- ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p368 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
- ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p379
- ^ Statistique des elections des deputes pour la XX-eme Assemblee nationale ordinaire. NSI. 1927.
- ^ Tsurakov, Angel. Encyclopedia of Governments, National Assemblies, and Assassinations in Bulgaria. Sofia, Trud Publishing House, 2008. ISBN 954-528-790-X, p. 146-149.
- ^ Kumanov, Milen. Political organizations and movements in Bulgaria and their leaders 1879-1949, Sofia 1991.