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1908 Bulgarian parliamentary election

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Field	Value
country	Bulgaria
flag_year	1908
previous_election	1903
next_election	1911 (Jun)
seats_for_election	All 203 seats in the National Assembly
majority_seats	102
turnout	50.19%
election_date	25 May 1908
party1	Democratic	seats1=166	last_election1=7	leader1 = Aleksandar Malinov	percentage1 = 61.85
party2	BZNS	leader2 =	percentage2 = 11.07	seats2 = 23	last_election2 = 0
party3	LP (Radoslavists)	seats3=5	last_election3=9	leader3 = Vasil Radoslavov	percentage3 = 4.90
party4	People's Party	seats4=4	last_election4=25	leader4 = Ivan Geshov	percentage4 = 8.39
party5	Progressive Liberal	seats5=2	last_election5=6	leader5 = Stoyan Danev	percentage5 = 5.66
party6	People's Liberal	seats6=1	last_election6=132	leader6 =	percentage6 = 3.95
party7	Ind. Democrats	seats7=1	last_election7=0	leader7 =	percentage7 = 0.17
party8	Independents	seats8=1	last_election8=1	percentage8 = 0.91
title	Prime Minister
before_election	Aleksandar Malinov
before_party	Malinov I (Democratic)
after_election	Aleksandar Malinov
after_party	Malinov I (Democratic)

Parliamentary elections were held in Bulgaria on 25 May 1908 to elect members of the XIV Ordinary National Assembly. The result was a victory for the ruling Democratic Party, which won 166 of the 203 seats. Voter turnout was 50%.

Results

By-elections

One MP died and several MPs were elected in more than one constituency and were required to choose which one to represent when the Assembly convened, resulting in thirty two seats being vacated. Afterwards four results were annulled, one MP resigned and another one died. By-elections were held on 12 April 1909 and 11 July 1910.

Aftermath

The ruling Democratic Party won a majority and its leader Malinov continued his term as PM. The government abolished many of the authoritarian measures of the previous government and oversaw electoral reform and the Bulgarian Declaration of Independence. As a result it prepared constitutional amendments, changing the monarch's title from Prince to Tsar and increasing his powers at the expense of the National Assembly. During negotiations with Russia and Serbia regarding the formation of a Balkan alliance in a future war with the Ottoman Empire, Tsar Ferdinand dismissed the government and appointed a more Russophile one led by Ivan Geshov in 1911 and scheduled elections for a Grand National Assembly to approve the prepared amendments.

References

[[Dieter Nohlen]] & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p368 {{ISBN. 978-3-8329-5609-7
Nohlen & Stöver, p378
(1910). "Statistique des elections des deputes pour la XIV-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. 100-103.

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