1976 Bulgarian parliamentary election

1976 Bulgarian parliamentary election
Bulgaria
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All 400 seats in the Grand National Assembly
Turnout99.93%
Party Leader Seats +/–
BKP Todor Zhivkov 272 +4
BZNS Petar Tanchev 100 0
Independents – 28 −4
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
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Parliamentary elections were held in Bulgaria on 30 May 1976.[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 272 were members of the Communist Party, 100 were members of the Bulgarian Agrarian National Union and the remaining 28 were unaffiliated.[3] Voter turnout was reportedly 99.9%.[4]

Results

Party or allianceVotes%Seats+/–
Fatherland
Front		Bulgarian Communist Party6,369,76299.99272+4
Bulgarian Agrarian National Union1000
Independents28–4
Against7800.01––
Total6,370,542100.004000
Valid votes6,370,54299.93
Invalid/blank votes4,4610.07
Total votes6,375,003100.00
Registered voters/turnout6,379,34899.93
Source: Nohlen & Stöver, IPU

References

  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p368 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