1981 Bulgarian parliamentary election

Parliamentary elections were held in Bulgaria on 7 June 1981.[1] 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.[2] The Front nominated one candidate for each constituency. Of the 400 candidates 271 were members of the Communist Party, 99 were members of the Bulgarian Agrarian National Union and the remaining 30 were unaffiliated.[3] Voter turnout was reportedly 99.9%.[4]

1981 Bulgarian parliamentary election
Bulgaria
7 June 1981
All 400 seats in the Grand National Assembly
Turnout99.96%
PartyLeader Seats +/–
BKP Todor Zhivkov 271 -1
BZNS Petar Tanchev 99 -1
Independents – 30 +2
PM before PM after
Stanko Todorov
OF		 Grisha Filipov
OF
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Results
Party or allianceVotes%Seats+/–
Fatherland
Front		Bulgarian Communist Party6,519,67499.99271–1
Bulgarian Agrarian National Union99–1
Independents30+2
Against5170.01––
Total6,520,191100.004000
Valid votes6,520,19199.94
Invalid/blank votes3,8350.06
Total votes6,524,026100.00
Registered voters/turnout6,526,78299.96
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

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
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