1986 Bulgarian parliamentary election

Parliamentary elections were held in Bulgaria on 8 June 1986.[1] The Fatherland Front, dominated by the Bulgarian Communist Party, was the only organization 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 276 were members of the Communist Party, 99 were members of the Bulgarian Agrarian National Union and the remaining 25 were unaffiliated.[3] Voter turnout was reportedly 99.5%.[4]

1986 Bulgarian Parliamentary elections
8 June 1986
400 seats to the Grand National Assembly
Turnout100%
  First party
 
Leader Todor Zhivkov
Party BCP
Alliance Fatherland Front
Seats won 400
Popular vote 6,639,562
Percentage 100%
PM before election

Grisha Filipov
Fatherland Front

 Elected PM

Georgi Atanasov
Fatherland Front

Bulgaria
This article is part of a series on the
politics and government of
Bulgaria

Results
Party Votes % Seats +/–
Fatherland Front6,639,5621004000
Against1,1420.0––
Invalid/blank votes4,941–––
Total6,645,6451004000
Source: Nohlen & Stöver
gollark: The effectiveness is worse → it is uncool.
gollark: But they aren't really marketing *to* anyone who cares.
gollark: Or why they have one. It's not like people are shopping for vaccines themselves.
gollark: I really wonder who thought people would take that brand name seriously.
gollark: Make improved mosquitoes able to harness nuclear power, obviously.

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
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.