1990 Bulgarian Constitutional Assembly election

Constitutional Assembly elections were held in Bulgaria on 10 June 1990, with a second round for eighteen seats on 17 June.[1][2] They were the first elections held since the fall of Communism the previous winter, and the first free national elections since 1931. The elections were held to elect the 7th Grand National Assembly, tasked with adopting a new (democratic) constitution. The new electoral system was changed from 400 single-member constituencies used during the Communist era to a split system whereby half were elected in single member constituencies and half by proportional representation.[3] The result was a victory for the Bulgarian Socialist Party, the freshly renamed Communist Party, which won 211 of the 400 seats. Voter turnout was 90.3%.[4]

1990 Bulgarian Constitutional Assembly election

10 June 1990
Turnout90.3%
Party Leader % Seats
BSP Alexander Lilov 47.2 211
SDS Zhelyu Zhelev 36.2 144
DPS Ahmed Dogan 8.0 23
BZNS Viktor Valkov 6.0 16
Patriotic Party of Labour 0.6 1
Fatherland Union Guinio Ganev 2
PBSD Peter Dertliev 1
Independent 2
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Prime Minister before Prime Minister after
Andrey Lukanov
BSP
Dimitar Popov
Independent

The Grand National Assembly drafted the country's fourth constitution, which was promulgated on 12 July 1991. The first elections under the new document were held three months later.

Results

Party Constituency PR Total
seats
Votes % Seats Votes % Seats
Bulgarian Socialist Party1142,887,76647.1597211
Union of Democratic Forces692,217,79836.2175144
Movement for Rights and Freedoms11491,5968.031223
Bulgarian Agrarian National Union0368,9296.021616
Patriotic Party of Labour136,6680.6001
Alternative Socialist Party022,0640.3600
Alternative Socialist Union016,0610.2600
Liberal Party – Pernik015,0340.2500
Union of Disabled000
Union of Non-Party Members000
Fatherland Front22
Social Democratic Party11
29 other parties068,5841.1200
Independents22
Invalid/blank votes244,296208,833
Total6,334,4151002006,333,334100200400
Registered voters/turnout6,976,62090.796,976,62090.78
Source: University of Essex

References

  1. Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p. 369 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. Bulgaria: Elections held in 1990 Inter-Parliamentary Union
  3. Nohlen & Stöver, p. 356
  4. Nohlen & Stöver, p. 377
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