1994 Bulgarian parliamentary election

Parliamentary elections were held in Bulgaria on 18 December 1994.[1] The Democratic Left, the core of which was the Bulgarian Socialist Party, won 125 of the 240 seats, enough to govern without the support of parties from outside the coalition. Voter turnout was 75.3%.[2] Following the election, Socialist Party leader Zhan Videnov became Prime Minister.[3]

1994 Bulgarian parliamentary election

18 December 1994
All 240 seats in the National Assembly 121 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	75.3%
Party Leader % Seats ± DL Zhan Videnov 43.5 125 +19 SDS Philip Dimitrov 24.2 69 -41 BZNS–DP Anastasia Mozer 6.5 18 New DPS Ahmed Dogan 5.4 15 -9 BBB George Ganchev 4.7 13 New This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Prime Minister before Prime Minister after Reneta Indzhova Independent Zhan Videnov DL

Results

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Democratic Left	2,262,943	43.50	125	+19
Union of Democratic Forces	1,260,374	24.23	69	−41
People's Union¹	338,478	6.51	18	+18
Movement for Rights and Freedoms	283,094	5.44	15	−9
Bulgarian Business Bloc	245,849	4.73	13	+13
Democratic Alternative for the Republic	197,057	3.79	0	New
Bulgarian Communist Party	78,606	1.51	0	0
New Choice Union	77,641	1.49	0	New
Patriotic Union	74,350	1.43	0	0
Kingdom of Bulgaria Federation	73,205	1.41	0	0
Kingdom of Bulgaria National Movement for Crowned Democracy	40,642	0.78	0	New
Kingdom of Bulgaria' Union of Monarchist Forces	31,884	0.61	0	New
Bulgarian National Radical Party	27,853	0.54	0	0
Democratic Party of Justice	24,023	0.46	0	New
Movement for the Protection of Pensioners, the Unemployed, and Underprivileged Citizens	18,934	0.36	0	New
Party of Democratic Change	14,145	0.27	0	New
Bulgarian Agrarian National Union Confederation – 'Turnovo Constitution' National Block	13,176	0.25	0	New
Organisation of Invalids and Underprivileged Citizens of Bulgaria	12,978	0.25	0	0
Forward Bulgaria Movement	10,105	0.19	0	New
Era-3	8,923	0.17	0	–
Christian Democratic Union	8,246	0.16	0	New
Free Democratic Party	7,463	0.14	0	0
Transfiguration Forum	7,447	0.14	0	New
Democratic Party of Bulgaria	6,439	0.12	0	New
Alliance for Socialism	6,439	0.12	0	New
Bulgarian League for the Protection of the Rights of People and Citizens	5,957	0.11	0	New
Union of Justice	5,029	0.1	0	New
Bulgarian Revolutionary Party of Youth	4,703	0.09	0	0
Free Co-operative Party	4,300	0.08	0	0
Union of Free Democrats	3,999	0.08	0	New
Bulgarian Workers' Social Democratic Party	3,827	0.07	0	0
BRSP – Bulgarian Worker-Rural Party	3,661	0.07	0	0
Bulgarian Fatherland Party – 'National Union'	3,652	0.07	0	0
Bulgarian National Union	3,565	0.07	0	New
Party of Proprietors of Bulgaria	3,558	0.07	0	0
Front of Progressive Forces of Bulgaria	3,457	0.07	0	New
National Liberal Party–Stefan Stambolov	2,876	0.06	0	0
Democratic Party of Labour	2,450	0.05	0	New
Republican Party of Bulgaria	1,973	0.04	0	New
Bulgarian Democratic Party for European and World States	1,924	0.04	0	0
Bulgarian Eagle Party	1,605	0.03	0	0
Union of Non-partisan Guarantors	1,357	0.03	0	0
Union of Bulgarian Communities	1,165	0.02	0	New
Civic Initiative DGI–SDS Movement	372	0.01	0	New
Unity Party	143	0.00	0	New
Alliance of the Nation – Movement of the Downtrodden	57	0.00	0	New
Independents	12,561	0.24	0	0
Invalid/blank votes	62,383	–	–	–
Total	5,264,448	100	240	0
Registered voters/turnout	6,997,954	75.23	–	–
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

¹ The People's Union was an alliance between the Bulgarian Agrarian National Union and the Democratic Party.[4]

References

1. Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p369 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
2. Nohlen & Stöver, p382
3. Bulgaria: Elections held in 1994 Inter-Parliamentary Union
4. Nohlen & Stöver, p372