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1946 Bulgarian Constitutional Assembly election

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countryPeople's Republic of Bulgaria
flag_year1946
previous_election1945
next_election1949
election_date27 October 1946
seats_for_electionAll 465 seats in the Grand National Assembly
turnout92.61%
first_electionyes
party1Bulgarian Communist Party
leader1Georgi Dimitrov
percentage153.88
seats1278
party2BZNS (NP)–ORSDP
percentage228.35
seats2101
party3Bulgarian Agrarian National Union
percentage313.43
seats368
party4Bulgarian Social Democratic Workers' Party (Broad Socialists)
percentage41.90
seats49
party5Zveno
percentage51.68
seats58
party6Radical Democratic Party (Bulgaria)
percentage60.21
seats61
titlePM
before_electionKimon Georgiev
before_partyBulgarian Fatherland Front
after_electionGeorgi Dimitrov
after_partyBulgarian Fatherland Front

Constitutional Assembly elections were held in Bulgaria on 27 October 1946, electing members of the sixth Grand National Assembly, which was tasked with adopting a new constitution. The Fatherland Front, an anti-fascist coalition dominated by the Bulgarian Communist Party, had come to power in 1944 following a coup. Now that World War II was over and the monarchy abolished, the communists wanted to adopt a new constitution. They won a large majority, with 54% of the vote and 278 of the 465 seats. Voter turnout was 93%. This would be the lowest vote share that the Communists or the Fatherland Front would claim during the 43 years of the People's Republic of Bulgaria. In subsequent years, the Fatherland Front would claim to win elections with unanimous or near-unanimous support. This would be the last truly multi-party elections until 1990.

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References

References

  1. [[Dieter Nohlen]] & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', pp368 {{ISBN. 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. Nohlen & Stöver, p376
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