1971 Bulgarian parliamentary election explained

Election Name:1971 Bulgarian parliamentary election
Country:Bulgaria
Flag Year:1971
Previous Election:1966
Next Election:1976
Election Date:27 June 1971
Turnout:99.85%
Nopercentage:yes
First Election:yes
Party1:Bulgarian Communist Party
Leader1:Todor Zhivkov
Seats1:268
Party2:Bulgarian Agrarian National Union
Leader2:Georgi Trajkov
Seats2:100
Party3:Independents
Leader3:
Seats3:32
PM
Before Election:Todor Zhivkov
Before Party:Bulgarian Fatherland Front
After Election:Stanko Todorov
After Party:Bulgarian Fatherland Front

Parliamentary elections were held in Bulgaria on 27 June 1971,[1] the first held under the new Zhivkov Constitution, which had been approved in a referendum held a month earlier.[2] The Fatherland Front, dominated by the Bulgarian Communist Party, was the only organisation to contest the election; all candidate lists had to be approved by the Front.[3] The Front nominated one candidate for each constituency. Of the 400 candidates 268 were members of the Communist Party, 100 were members of the Bulgarian Agrarian National Union and the remaining 32 were unaffiliated.[2] Voter turnout was reportedly 99.9%.[4]

Notes and References

  1. [Dieter Nohlen]
  2. http://www.ipu.org/parline-e/reports/arc/BULGARIA_1971_E.PDF Bulgaria
  3. http://countrystudies.us/bulgaria/47.htm Bulgaria: a country study
  4. Nohlen & Stöver, p381