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1914 Bulgarian parliamentary election

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Field	Value
country	Bulgaria
flag_year	1914
previous_election	1913
next_election	1919
seats_for_election	All 245 seats in the National Assembly
majority_seats	123
turnout	67.11%
election_date	23 February 1914
party1	LP–NLP–MLP	color1=#38283d	percentage1=45.24	leader1=Vasil Radoslavov	seats1=126	last_election1=94
party2	BZNS	percentage2=19.25	leader2=
seats2=47	last_election2=48
party3	Democratic	percentage3=11.33	seats3=31	last_election3=14	leader3=Aleksandar Malinov
party4	BRSDP (united)	percentage4=5.92	seats4=10	last_election4=19	leader4=Yanko Sakazov
party5	BRSDP	percentage5=5.66	seats5=11	last_election5=18	leader5=Dimitar Blagoev
party6	People's Party	percentage6=5.11	seats6=10	last_election6=5	leader6=Ivan Geshov
party7	Radical Democratic	percentage7=3.58	seats7=5	last_election7=5	leader7=
party8	Progressive Liberal	percentage8=3.05	seats8=2	last_election8=1	leader8=Stoyan Danev
map	Bulgaria_1914_legislative_election.svg
title	Prime Minister
before_election	Vasil Radoslavov
before_party	Radoslavov III (LP–NLP–MLP)
after_election	Vasil Radoslavov
after_party	Radoslavov III (LP–NLP–MLP)

Parliamentary elections were held in Bulgaria on 23 February 1914. to elect members of the XVII Ordinary National Assembly. The result was a victory for the ruling Liberal Concentration, an alliance of the Liberal Party, the People's Liberal Party and the Young Liberals Party, which won 126 of the 245 seats, achieving a majority. Voter turnout was 67%. The coalition won with large margins in the newly incorporated territories, having promised certain degrees of religious and cultural minority rights.

Results

Aftermath

Having achieved a majority the pro-Triple Alliance liberal coalition government continued its term and Vasil Radoslavov remained Prime Minister. The post-Balkan Wars financial situation in the country necessitated a foreign loan, and there were competing proposals from France and Germany, with the Assembly ultimately approving a proposal from the German Disconto-Gesellschaft bank on 2 July 1914. Bulgaria initially declared neutrality in World War I, however following a series of negotiations with both the Entente and the Central Powers in the summer of 1915 the country entered the war on the side of the Central Powers. General moblilzation was declared later that year and Bulgaria occupied a large part of Serbia. An occupation zone in Greece was also established after the formation of the Macedonian front and Greece's full entry into the war. Romania jointed the Entante in 1916 and Bulgaria took full control of Southern Dobruja and joint control of Northern Dobruja. Social unrest, famine and army mutinees resulted in the fall of the government.

In June 1918 Tsar Ferdinand appointed Aleksandar Malinov as PM, who formed a DP-RDP government, supported by all the opposition parties in Parliament except the Narrow Socialists. After failed armistice negotiations, the government vowed to "fight until a victorious end to the war", however following the Battle of Dobro Pole, the subsequent Entante advance north and the Radomir Rebellion, the country signed an armistice on 29 September 1918 and Ferdinand abdicated on the 3rd of October. Later that month the NP, BZNS and BRSDP-o joined the coalition, however Malinov resigned after the Romanian occupation of Southern Dobruja the following month.

Foreign minister Teodorov from the NP formed another national unity government, including the same parties and the PLP. In May 1919 the DP ministers were replaced.

References

[[Dieter Nohlen]] & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p368 {{ISBN. 978-3-8329-5609-7
Nohlen & Stöver, p379
Kumanov, Milen. Political organizations and movements in Bulgaria and their leaders 1879-1949, Sofia 1991.
(1928). "Statistique des elections des deputes pour la XVII-eme, XVIII-eme et XIX-eme Assemblees nationales ordinaires.". [[National Statistical Institute (Bulgaria).
Tsurakov, Angel. Encyclopedia of Governments, National Assemblies, and Assassinations in Bulgaria. Sofia, Trud Publishing House, 2008. ISBN 954-528-790-X, p. 125-137.

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