1990 Bulgarian Constitutional Assembly election explained

Country:Bulgaria
Previous Election:1986
Next Election:1991
Election Date:10 June 1990
First Election:yes
Turnout:90.78% (proportional)
90.79% (constituency)
Party1:Bulgarian Socialist Party
Leader1:Alexander Lilov
Percentage1:47.15
Seats1:211
Party2:Union of Democratic Forces (Bulgaria)
Leader2:Zhelyu Zhelev
Percentage2:36.21
Seats2:144
Party3:Movement for Rights and Freedoms
Leader3:Ahmed Dogan
Percentage3:8.03
Seats3:23
Party4:Bulgarian Agrarian People's Union
Leader4:Viktor Valkov
Percentage4:6.02
Seats4:16
Party5:OPT
Percentage5:0.60
Seats5:1
Color5:
  1. B22222
Party6:OF
Leader6:Guinio Ganev
Percentage6:
Seats6:2
Color6:
  1. FF0000
Party7:Party of Bulgarian Social Democrats
Leader7:Peter Dertliev
Percentage7:
Seats7:1
Party8:Independents
Leader8:
Percentage8:
Seats8:2
Prime Minister
Before Election:Andrey Lukanov
Before Party:Bulgarian Socialist Party
After Election:Dimitar Popov
After Party:Independent (politician)

Constitutional Assembly elections were held in Bulgaria on 10 June 1990, with a second round for eighteen seats on 17 June.[1] [2] They were the first elections held since the fall of Communism the previous winter, and the first free national elections since 1931. The elections were held to elect the 7th Grand National Assembly, tasked with adopting a new (democratic) constitution. The new electoral system was changed from 400 single-member constituencies used during the Communist era to a split system whereby half were elected in single member constituencies and half by proportional representation.[3] The result was a victory for the Bulgarian Socialist Party, the freshly renamed Communist Party, which won 211 of the 400 seats.

The Grand National Assembly drafted the country's fourth constitution, which was promulgated on 12 July 1991. The first elections under the new document were held three months later.

Notes and References

  1. [Dieter Nohlen]
  2. http://www.ipu.org/parline-e/reports/arc/2045_90.htm Bulgaria: Elections held in 1990
  3. Nohlen & Stöver, p. 356