1991 Bulgarian parliamentary election

Parliamentary elections were held in Bulgaria on 13 October 1991.[1] They were the first elections held under the country's first post-communist constitution, which had been promulgated three months earlier.

1991 Bulgarian Constitutional Assembly election

13 October 1991
All 240 seats in the National Assembly 121 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	83.9%
Party Leader % Seats ± SDS Philip Dimitrov 34.4 110 -34 BSP Alexander Lilov 33.1 106 -105 DPS Ahmed Dogan 7.6 24 +1 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Prime Minister before Prime Minister after Dimitar Popov Independent Philip Dimitrov SDS

The result was a victory for the Union of Democratic Forces (SDS), which won 110 of the 240 seats. The Bulgarian Socialist Party, the successor to the Communist Party, finished a close second with 106 seats. Voter turnout was 83.9%.[2] Following the election, SDS leader Philip Dimitrov became Prime Minister, heading a coalition of the SDS and the Movement for Rights and Freedoms.

Results

Party	Votes	%	Seats
Union of Democratic Forces	1,903,567	34.4	110
Pre-electoral Union of BSP, BLP, OPT	1,836,050	33.1	106
Movement for Rights and Freedoms	418,168	7.6	24
Bulgarian Agrarian National Union-United	214,052	3.9	0
Bulgarian Agrarian People's Union "Nikola Petkov"	190,454	3.4	0
Union of Democratic Forces–Centre	177,295	3.2	0
Union of Democratic Forces–Liberal	155,902	2.8	0
Kingdom of Bulgaria Federation	100,883	1.8	0
Bulgarian Business Bloc	73,379	1.3	0
Bulgarian National Radical Party	62,462	1.1	0
Bulgarian Business Party	51,497	0.9	0
Freedom Coalition for the Turnovo Constitution	39,719	0.7	0
Bulgarian Communist Party	39,386	0.7	0
Political Transformation Forum	30,442	0.6	0
Movement of Non-partisans for Democracy	22,588	0.4	0
Liberal Party – Pernik	18,577	0.3	0
Coalition BNS, BOP and BNSND	17,262	0.3	0
Bulgarian National Democratic Party	15,399	0.3	0
Liberal Congress Party	14,454	0.3	0
National Patrotic Union Party	14,288	0.3	0
Bulgarian Democratic Party	13,767	0.3	0
Independent Democratic Party	12,770	0.2	0
Free Cooperative Party	12,150	0.2	0
Union of Non-partisan Guarantors	9,945	0.2	0
Bulgarian Revolutionary Party of Youth – Varna	8,133	0.2	0
Bulgarian Communist Party – Marxists	7,663	0.1	0
Radical Christian Party	6,399	0.1	0
Bulgarian Workers' Social Democratic Party	5,916	0.1	0
Bulgarian Eagle Party	4,853	0.1	0
Bulgarian Worker-Rural Party – Varna	3,793	0.1	0
Organisation of Invalids and Underprivileged Citizens of Bulgaria	3,362	0.1	0
Free Democratic Party	1,758	0.0	0
Bulgarian Democratic Party for European and World States	984	0.0	0
Party for Free Democracy – Centre	866	0.0	0
United Democratic Union 'Party for Justice'	30	0.0	0
Party of Proprietors of Bulgaria	8	0.0	0
Christian Radical Democratic Party	5	0.0	0
Independents	52,617	1.0	0
Invalid/blank votes	153,921	–	–
Total	5,694,764	100	240
Source: Nohlen & Stöver, University of Essex

References

1. Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p369 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
2. Nohlen & Stöver, p382