1945 Bulgarian parliamentary election

Parliamentary elections were held in Bulgaria on 18 November 1945,[1] the country's first to feature universal suffrage for women.[2] The Bulgarian Agrarian National Union and the Bulgarian Communist Party both won 94 seats.[3] Voter turnout was 84.8%.[4]

Results

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For the first time, women could stand as candidates, with Stoyanka Ancheva, Ekaterina Avramova, Tsola Dragoycheva, Stanka Ivanova, Tsvetana Keranova [bg], Elena Ketskarova, Mara Kinkel, Venera Klincharova, Vyara Makedonska, Stefana Markova, Ekaterina Nikolova, Rada Todorova, Mata Tyurkedzhieva, Maria Toteva and Vera Zlatareva becoming the first women in the National Assembly.[5]

 
PartyVotes%Seats
Bulgarian Communist Party3,005,98388.1494
Bulgarian Agrarian National Union94
Zveno45
Bulgarian Social Democratic Workers Party (Broad Socialists)31
Radical Democratic Party11
Opposition candidates404,48211.861
Total3,410,465100.00276
Valid votes3,410,46588.23
Invalid/blank votes455,00011.77
Total votes3,865,465100.00
Registered voters/turnout4,558,33284.80
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

References

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  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, pp368–369 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p86
  3. ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p386
  4. ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p370
  5. ^ Mart Martin (2000) The Almanac of Women and Minorities in World Politics, pp53–54