1981 Bulgarian parliamentary election

1981 Bulgarian parliamentary election

7 June 1981
All 400 seats in theGrand National Assembly
Turnout	99.96%
Party Leader Seats +/– BKP Todor Zhivkov 271 −1 BZNS Petar Tanchev 99 −1 Independents – 30 +2 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. PM before PM after Stanko Todorov OF Grisha Filipov OF

Parliamentary elections were held inBulgariaon 7 June 1981.TheFatherland Front,dominated by theBulgarian Communist Party,was the only organisation to contest the election; all candidate lists had to be approved by the Front.The Front nominated one candidate for each constituency. Of the 400 candidates 271 were members of the Communist Party, 99 were members of theBulgarian Agrarian National Unionand the remaining 30 were unaffiliated.Voter turnout was reportedly 99.9%.

Results

Party or alliance				Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Fatherland Front		Bulgarian Communist Party	6,519,674	99.99	271	–1
			Bulgarian Agrarian National Union			99	–1
			Independents			30	+2
Against				517	0.01	–	–
Total				6,520,191	100.00	400	0
Valid votes				6,520,191	99.94
Invalid/blank votes				3,835	0.06
Total votes				6,524,026	100.00
Registered voters/turnout				6,526,782	99.96
Source: Nohlen & Stöver