Election Name: | 1953 Bulgarian parliamentary election |
Country: | Bulgaria |
Flag Year: | 1946 |
Previous Election: | 1949 |
Next Election: | 1957 |
Election Date: | 20 December 1953 |
Turnout: | 99.48% |
Ongoing: | no |
Party1: | Bulgarian Fatherland Front |
Leader1: | Valko Chervenkov |
Percentage1: | 99.82 |
Seats1: | 249 |
Last Election1: | 241 |
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Before Election: | Valko Chervenkov |
Before Party: | Bulgarian Fatherland Front |
After Election: | Valko Chervenkov |
After Party: | Bulgarian Fatherland Front |
Parliamentary elections were held in Bulgaria on 20 December 1953.[1] Voters were presented with a single list from the Fatherland Front, dominated by the Bulgarian Communist Party. As the Fatherland Front was the only organisation to contest the election and all candidate lists had to be approved by the Front (per an electoral law adopted in 1953), voters only had the option of voting for or against the Front list. Only 0.2% of vote were cast against the Front. Voter turnout was reportedly 99.5%.[2] [3]