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
Turnout83.9%
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 Forces1,903,56734.4110
Pre-electoral Union of BSP, BLP, OPT1,836,05033.1106
Movement for Rights and Freedoms418,1687.624
Bulgarian Agrarian National Union-United214,0523.90
Bulgarian Agrarian People's Union "Nikola Petkov"190,4543.40
Union of Democratic Forces–Centre177,2953.20
Union of Democratic Forces–Liberal155,9022.80
Kingdom of Bulgaria Federation100,8831.80
Bulgarian Business Bloc73,3791.30
Bulgarian National Radical Party62,4621.10
Bulgarian Business Party51,4970.90
Freedom Coalition for the Turnovo Constitution39,7190.70
Bulgarian Communist Party39,3860.70
Political Transformation Forum30,4420.60
Movement of Non-partisans for Democracy22,5880.40
Liberal Party – Pernik18,5770.30
Coalition BNS, BOP and BNSND17,2620.30
Bulgarian National Democratic Party15,3990.30
Liberal Congress Party14,4540.30
National Patrotic Union Party14,2880.30
Bulgarian Democratic Party13,7670.30
Independent Democratic Party12,7700.20
Free Cooperative Party12,1500.20
Union of Non-partisan Guarantors9,9450.20
Bulgarian Revolutionary Party of Youth – Varna8,1330.20
Bulgarian Communist Party – Marxists7,6630.10
Radical Christian Party6,3990.10
Bulgarian Workers' Social Democratic Party5,9160.10
Bulgarian Eagle Party4,8530.10
Bulgarian Worker-Rural Party – Varna3,7930.10
Organisation of Invalids and Underprivileged Citizens of Bulgaria3,3620.10
Free Democratic Party1,7580.00
Bulgarian Democratic Party for European and World States9840.00
Party for Free Democracy – Centre8660.00
United Democratic Union 'Party for Justice'300.00
Party of Proprietors of Bulgaria80.00
Christian Radical Democratic Party50.00
Independents52,6171.00
Invalid/blank votes153,921––
Total5,694,764100240
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
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