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1991 Bulgarian parliamentary election

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Field	Value
country	Bulgaria
previous_election	[1990](1990-bulgarian-constitutional-assembly-election)
next_election	[1994](1994-bulgarian-parliamentary-election)
election_date	13 October 1991
seats_for_election	All 240 seats in the National Assembly
majority_seats	121
turnout	83.87%
first_election	yes
party1	Union of Democratic Forces (Bulgaria)	leader1 = Philip Dimitrov	percentage1 = 34.36	seats1 = 110
party2	Bulgarian Socialist Party	leader2 = Alexander Lilov	percentage2 = 33.14	seats2 = 106
party3	Movement for Rights and Freedoms	leader3 = Ahmed Dogan	percentage3 = 7.55	seats3 = 24
title	Prime Minister
before_election	Dimitar Popov
before_party	Independent (politician)
after_election	Philip Dimitrov
after_party	Union of Democratic Forces (Bulgaria)

Parliamentary elections were held in Bulgaria on 13 October 1991. They were the first elections held under the country's first post-communist constitution, which had been promulgated three months earlier. Voter turnout was 84%.

The Union of Democratic Forces (SDS) emerged as the largest party, winning 110 of the 240 seats. The Bulgarian Socialist Party, the successor to the Communist Party, finished a close second with 106 seats. The Movement for Rights and Freedoms, which represented the ethnic-Turkish minority, won 24 seats. None of the other 58 parties that contested the elections crossed the 4% electoral threshold necessary to win seats in parliament.

Following the elections SDS leader Philip Dimitrov became Prime Minister, heading a coalition of the SDS and the Movement for Rights and Freedoms. It was the first noncommunist government in Bulgaria in 46 years.

Results

References

[[Dieter Nohlen]] & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p369 {{ISBN. 978-3-8329-5609-7
Nohlen & Stöver, p382
(1992). "Election Watch". Journal of Democracy.

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