1953 Bulgarian parliamentary election

Parliamentary elections were held in Bulgaria on 20 December 1953.[1] Voters were presented with a single list from the Fatherland Front, dominated by the Bulgarian Communist Party. As the Fatherland Front was the only organisation to contest the election and all candidate lists had to be approved by the Front (per an electoral law adopted in 1953), voters only had the option of voting for or against the Front list. Only 0.2% of vote were cast against the Front. Voter turnout was reportedly 99.5%.[2][3]

1953 Bulgarian Parliamentary elections
20 December 1953
400 seats to the Grand National Assembly
Turnout100%
  First party
 
Leader Valko Chervenkov
Party BCP
Alliance Fatherland Front
Seats won 249
Popular vote 4,981,594
Percentage 99.8%
PM before election

Valko Chervenkov
Fatherland Front

 Elected PM

Valko Chervenkov
Fatherland Front

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Results
Party Votes % Seats +/–
Fatherland Front4,981,59499.8249+8
Against9,0770.2––
Invalid/blank votes967–––
Total4,991,638100249+8
Source: Nohlen & Stöver
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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. Nohlen & Stöver, p370
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