Country: | Bulgaria |
Previous Election: | 1990 |
Next Election: | 1994 |
Next Year: | 1994 |
Election Date: | 13 October 1991 |
Seats For Election: | All 240 seats in the National Assembly |
Majority Seats: | 121 |
Turnout: | 83.87% |
First Election: | yes |
Party1: | Union of Democratic Forces (Bulgaria) |
Percentage1: | 34.36 |
Seats1: | 110 |
Party2: | Bulgarian Socialist Party |
Percentage2: | 33.14 |
Seats2: | 106 |
Party3: | Movement for Rights and Freedoms |
Percentage3: | 7.55 |
Seats3: | 24 |
Prime Minister | |
Before Election: | Dimitar Popov |
Before Party: | Independent (politician) |
After Election: | Philip Dimitrov |
After Party: | Union of Democratic Forces (Bulgaria) |
Parliamentary elections were held in Bulgaria on 13 October 1991.[1] They were the first elections held under the country's first post-communist constitution, which had been promulgated three months earlier.
The result was a victory for the Union of Democratic Forces (SDS), which won 110 of the 240 seats. The Bulgarian Socialist Party, the successor to the Communist Party, finished a close second with 106 seats. Voter turnout was 83.9%.[2] Following the election, SDS leader Philip Dimitrov became Prime Minister, heading a coalition of the SDS and the Movement for Rights and Freedoms.