1981 Bulgarian parliamentary election

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]

Bulgarian parliamentary election, 1981

7 June 1981

400 seats to the Grand National Assembly
Turnout100%
  First party
 
Leader Todor Zhivkov
Party BCP
Alliance Fatherland Front
Seats won 400
Popular vote 6,519,674
Percentage 100%

PM before election

Stanko Todorov
Fatherland Front

Elected PM

Grisha Filipov
Fatherland Front

Results

Party Votes % Seats +/–
Fatherland Front6,519,6741004000
Against5170.0
Invalid/blank votes3,835
Total6,524,0261004000
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

References

  1. Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p369 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. Bulgaria: a country study. Library of Congress Federal Research Division, December 1989.
  3. Bulgaria Inter-Parliamentary Union
  4. Nohlen & Stöver, p382
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