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
Turnout	90.3%
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 Party			114	2,887,766	47.15	97	211
Union of Democratic Forces			69	2,217,798	36.21	75	144
Movement for Rights and Freedoms			11	491,596	8.03	12	23
Bulgarian Agrarian National Union			0	368,929	6.02	16	16
Patriotic Party of Labour			1	36,668	0.60	0	1
Alternative Socialist Party			0	22,064	0.36	0	0
Alternative Socialist Union			0	16,061	0.26	0	0
Liberal Party – Pernik			0	15,034	0.25	0	0
Union of Disabled			0			0	0
Union of Non-Party Members			0			0	0
Fatherland Front			2	–	–	–	2
Social Democratic Party			1	–	–	–	1
29 other parties			0	68,584	1.12	0	0
Independents			2	–	–	–	2
Invalid/blank votes	244,296	–	–	208,833	–	–	–
Total	6,334,415	100	200	6,333,334	100	200	400
Registered voters/turnout	6,976,620	90.79	–	6,976,620	90.78	–	–
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