Bulgarian parliamentary election, 1976

Bulgarian Parliamentary elections, 1976
Bulgaria
30 May 1976

400 seats to the Grand National Assembly
Turnout 100%
  First party
 
Leader Todor Zhivkov
Party Fatherland Front
Seats won 400
Popular vote 6,369,762
Percentage 100%

PM before election

Stanko Todorov
Fatherland Front

Elected PM

Stanko Todorov
Fatherland Front

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Parliamentary elections were held in Bulgaria on 30 May 1976.[1] The Fatherland Front was the only organisation to contest the election and nominated one candidate for each constituency. Of the 400 candidates 272 were members of the Bulgarian Communist Party, 100 were members of the Bulgarian Agrarian National Union and the remaining 28 were unaffiliated.[2] Voter turnout was reportedly 99.9%.[3]

Results

Party Votes % Seats +/–
Fatherland Front6,369,7621004000
Against7800.0
Invalid/blank votes4,461
Total6,375,0031004000
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

References

  1. Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p368 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. Bulgaria Inter-Parliamentary Union
  3. Nohlen & Stöver, p382
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