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1902 Bulgarian parliamentary election

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Field	Value
country	Bulgaria
flag_year	1902
previous_election	1901
next_election	1903
seats_for_election	All 189 seats in the National Assembly
majority_seats	95
turnout	49.79%
election_date	17 February 1902
party1	Progressive Liberal	leader1 = Stoyan Danev	percentage1 = 30.09	seats1 = 82	last_election1 = 31
party2	People's Party	leader2 = Ivan Geshov	percentage2 = 20.27	seats2 = 32	last_election2 = 25
party3	People's Liberal	leader3 = Dimitar Petkov	percentage3 = 11.32	seats3 = 9	last_election3 = 31
party4	LP (Radoslavists)	leader4 = Vasil Radoslavov	percentage4 = 6.99	seats4 = 8	last_election4 = 5
party5	Bulgarian Agrarian National Union	leader5 =	percentage5 = 6.11	seats5 = 12	last_election5 = 13
party6	Democratic Party (Bulgaria)	leader6 = Petko Karavelov	percentage6 = 5.88	seats6 = 8	last_election6 = 27
party7	BRSDP	leader7 = Yanko Sakazov
Dimitar Blagoev	percentage7 = 4.76	seats7 = 8	last_election7 = 2
party8	Young Democratic	leader8 =	percentage8 = 2.29	seats8 = 6	last_election8 = New
party9	Ind. Liberals	leader9 =	percentage9 = 1.04	seats9 = 1	last_election9 = New
party10	Turkish Group	leader10 =	percentage10 = 0.86	seats10 = 4	last_election10 = New
party11	Ind. Democrats	leader11 =	percentage11 = 0.78	seats11 = 1	last_election11 = 2
party12	Conservatives	leader12 =	percentage12 = 0.51	seats12 = 2	last_election12 = 2
party13	Democratic-Republican	leader13 =	percentage13 = 0.50	seats13 = 1	last_election13 = 0
party14	Undetermined	party14_link = no	leader14 = –	percentage14 = 2.81	seats14 = 2	last_election14 = 0
party15	Independents	leader15 = –	percentage15 = 5.36	seats15 = 13	last_election15 = 24
title	Prime Minister
before_election	Stoyan Danev
before_party	Danev I (PLP)
after_election	Stoyan Danev
after_party	Danev II (PLP)

Dimitar Blagoev | percentage7 = 4.76 | seats7 = 8 | last_election7 = 2 Parliamentary elections were held in Bulgaria on 17 February 1902 to elect members of the XII Ordinary National Assembly. The result was a victory for the ruling Progressive Liberal Party. Voter turnout was 50%.

Results

By-elections

Several MPs were elected in more than one constituency and were required to choose which one to represent when the Assembly convened, resulting in ten seats being vacated. By-elections were held on 1 September 1902. This resulted in the Progressive Liberal Party becoming the largest party with 89 seats.

Aftermath

The ruling pro-Russian PLP continued in a minority government, with the support of the NP. Prime Minister Stoyan Danev's three consecutive governments implemented judicial, trade, taxation and administrative reforms. Due to the diplomatic crisis with Romania following the assassination of Ștefan Mihăileanu by the VMOK, Bulgaria did not support the VMOK organized Gorna Dzhumaya Uprising. Backed by Russia, with which a secret defense protocol was signed in 1902, Danev proposed reforms in Ottoman-controlled Macedonia after the defeat of the uprising. Parliament approved a loan with the Paribas Bank, which helped resolve the financial crisis and was used to pay Bulgaria's occupational debt. Danev resigned in early May 1903, following a dispute between Prince Ferdinand and National enlightenment minister . Ferdinand appointed an NLP government led by independent Racho Petrov and scheduled a snap election for October.

References

[[Dieter Nohlen]] & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p368 {{ISBN. 978-3-8329-5609-7
Nohlen & Stöver, p378
(1904). "Statistique des elections des deputes pour la XII-eme Assemblee nationale ordinaire.". [[National Statistical Institute (Bulgaria).
(1904). "Statistique des elections des deputes pour la XI-eme Assemblee nationale ordinaire.". [[National Statistical Institute (Bulgaria).
Kumanov, Milen. Political organizations and movements in Bulgaria and their leaders 1879-1949, Sofia 1991.
Tsurakov, Angel. Encyclopedia of Governments, National Assemblies, and Assassinations in Bulgaria. Sofia, Trud Publishing House, 2008. ISBN 954-528-790-X, p. 80-86.

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