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1962 Bulgarian parliamentary election

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1962 Bulgarian parliamentary election
Bulgaria
1957 25 February 1962 1966

All 321 seats in theGrand National Assembly
Turnout99.71%
Party Leader % Seats +/–
OF Todor Zhivkov 99.97 321 +74
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
PM before PM after
Anton Yugov
OF
Todor Zhivkov
OF

Parliamentary elections were held inBulgariaon 25 February 1962.[1]Voters were presented with a single list from theFatherland Front,dominated by theBulgarian 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, voters only had the option of voting for or against the Front list.[2]Only 1,668 of the 5,462,892 valid votes were cast against the Front list. Voter turnout was reportedly 99.7%.[3]

Results[edit]

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Fatherland Front5,461,22499.97321+74
Against1,6680.03
Total5,462,892100.00321+74
Valid votes5,462,89299.93
Invalid/blank votes3,6250.07
Total votes5,466,517100.00
Registered voters/turnout5,482,60799.71
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

References[edit]

  1. ^Dieter Nohlen& Philip Stöver (2010)Elections in Europe: A data handbook,p368ISBN978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. ^Bulgaria: a country study.Library of CongressFederal Research Division, December 1989.
  3. ^Nohlen & Stöver, p381