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.

1990 Bulgarian Constitutional Assembly election
Bulgaria
10 June 1990
Turnout90.78% (proportional)
90.79% (constituency)
PartyLeader % Seats
BSP Alexander Lilov 47.15 211
SDS Zhelyu Zhelev 36.21 144
DPS Ahmed Dogan 8.03 23
BZNS Viktor Valkov 6.02 16
OPT 0.60 1
OF Guinio Ganev 2
PBSD Peter Dertliev 1
Independents 2
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

PartyPRConstituencyTotal
seats
Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats
Bulgarian Socialist Party2,887,76647.1597114211
Union of Democratic Forces2,217,79836.217569144
Movement for Rights and Freedoms491,5978.03121123
Bulgarian Agrarian National Union368,9296.0216016
Patriotic Party of Labour36,6680.60011
Alternative Socialist Party22,0640.36000
Alternative Socialist Union16,0610.26000
Liberal Party – Pernik15,0340.25000
Union of Disabled00
Union of Non-Party Members00
Fatherland Front22
Social Democratic Party11
29 other parties68,5841.12000
Independents22
Total6,124,501100.00200200400
Valid votes6,124,50196.706,090,11996.14
Invalid/blank votes208,8333.30244,2963.86
Total votes6,333,334100.006,334,415100.00
Registered voters/turnout6,976,62090.786,976,62090.79
Source: University of Essex, Rose & Munro

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
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