1946 Bulgarian Constitutional Assembly election

none People's Republic of Bulgaria 1946 1945 1949 27 October 1946 All 465 seats in the Grand National Assembly 92.61% yes Bulgarian Communist Party Georgi Dimitrov 53.88 278 BZNS (NP)–ORSDP 28.35 101 Bulgarian Agrarian National Union 13.43 68 Bulgarian Social Democratic Workers' Party (Broad Socialists) 1.90 9 Zveno 1.68 8 Radical Democratic Party (Bulgaria) 0.21 1 PM Kimon Georgiev Bulgarian Fatherland Front Georgi Dimitrov Bulgarian Fatherland Front Constitutional Assembly elections were held in Bulgaria on 27 October 1946,Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, pp368 978-3-8329-5609-7 electing members of the sixth Grand National Assembly, which was tasked with adopting a new constitution. The Fatherland Front, an anti-fascist coalition dominated by the Bulgarian Communist Party, had come to power in 1944 following a coup. Now that World War II was over and the monarchy abolished, the communists wanted to adopt a new constitution. They won a large majority, with 54% of the vote and 278 of the 465 seats. Voter turnout was 93%.Nohlen & Stöver, p376 This would be the lowest vote share that the Communists or the Fatherland Front would claim during the 43 years of the People's Republic of Bulgaria. In subsequent years, the Fatherland Front would claim to win elections with unanimous or near-unanimous support. This would be the last truly multi-party elections until 1990. Results File:Bulgaria Constitutional Assembly 1946.svg Bulgarian Communist Party 2264852 278 BZNS (Nikola Petkov)–ORSDP 1191455 101 Bulgarian Agrarian National Union 564581 68 Bulgarian Social Democratic Workers' Party (Broad Socialists) 79774 9 Zveno 70731 8 Democratic Party 22736 0 Radical Democratic Party 8868 1 Independents 298 0 63319 4607307 Nohlen & Stöver References Bulgaria Category:Elections in Bulgaria Constitutional Bulgaria Category:Constituent assembly elections in Europe