1971 Bulgarian parliamentary election

Parliamentary elections were held in Bulgaria on 27 June 1971,[1] the first held under the new Zhivkov Constitution, which had been approved in a referendum held a month earlier.[2] The Fatherland Front, dominated by the Bulgarian Communist Party, was the only organisation to contest the election; all candidate lists had to be approved by the Front.[3] The Front nominated one candidate for each constituency. Of the 400 candidates 268 were members of the Communist Party, 100 were members of the Bulgarian Agrarian National Union and the remaining 32 were unaffiliated.[2] Voter turnout was reportedly 99.9%.[4]

1971 Bulgarian parliamentary election
Bulgaria
27 June 1971
All 400 seats in the Grand National Assembly
Turnout99.85%
PartyLeader Seats
BKP Todor Zhivkov 268
BZNS Georgi Trajkov 100
Independents – 32
PM before PM after
Todor Zhivkov
OF		 Stanko Todorov
OF
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Results
Party or allianceVotes%Seats
Fatherland
Front		Bulgarian Communist Party6,154,08299.98268
Bulgarian Agrarian National Union100
Independents32
Against1,4870.02–
Total6,155,569100.00400
Valid votes6,155,56999.93
Invalid/blank votes4,3730.07
Total votes6,159,942100.00
Registered voters/turnout6,168,93199.85
Source: Nohlen & Stöver, IPU[2]

References
  1. Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p368 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. Bulgaria Inter-Parliamentary Union
  3. Bulgaria: a country study. Library of Congress Federal Research Division, December 1989.
  4. Nohlen & Stöver, p381
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