1939 Bulgarian parliamentary election

1939 Bulgarian parliamentary election

24 December 1939 (1939-12-24)–January 1940 (1940-01)
All 160 seats in the National Assembly 81 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	67.2%
Party Leader % Seats Pro-government – 57.74 142 BKP Georgi Dimitrov 8.04 10 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Prime Minister before Prime Minister after Georgi Kyoseivanov Independent Georgi Kyoseivanov Independent

Parliamentary elections were held in Bulgaria on 24 December 1939, although voting continued in some areas into January 1940. The elections were officially held on a non-partisan basis with the Bulgarian Agrarian National Union and Bulgarian Communist Party banned, and in a process tightly controlled by Tsar Boris III, by then the real power in the country. However, candidates representing parties did contest the elections. Pro-government candidates won a majority of seats. Voter turnout was 67.2%.

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Pro-government candidates	1,222,971	57.74	142
	Bulgarian Communist Party	170,252	8.04	10
	Bulgarian Agrarian National Union (Tomov)	150,251	7.09	5
	Bulgarian Agrarian National Union (Dragiev)	125,713	5.94
	Agrarians	94,354	4.45	3
	National Social Movement	68,815	3.25
	Democratic Alliance	59,740	2.82
	National Liberal Party	46,766	2.21
	Democratic Party	38,863	1.83
	Zveno	37,706	1.78
	Bulgarian Social Democratic Workers Party (Broad Socialists)	26,672	1.26
	Radical Democratic Party	18,939	0.89
	Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization	14,593	0.69
	Other opposition candidates	42,351	2.00
Total		2,117,986	100.00	160
Valid votes		2,117,986	97.37
Invalid/blank votes		57,177	2.63
Total votes		2,175,163	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		3,235,968	67.22
Source: Nohlen & Stöver