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]