1938 Bulgarian parliamentary election

none Bulgaria 1938 legislative election.svg Bulgaria 1938 yes 1931 1939 All 160 seats in the National Assembly 81 69.53% yes 6–27 March 1938 Government no Boris III 97 Democratic Unification no Angel StankovLeader of the parliamentary group 56 #ECE2AF National Social Movement–Tsankov Aleksandar Tsankov 3 Independent Agrarians – 2 National Liberal Party (G. Petrov) Georgi Petrov (politician) bg Георги Петров (политик) Georgi Petrov 1 People's Party Atanas Burov 1 Prime Minister Georgi Kyoseivanov Kyoseivanov II (Ind.)"Kyoseivanov" Includes non-partisan members of the NSD. Georgi Kyoseivanov Kyoseivanov II (Ind.)"Kyoseivanov" Parliamentary elections were held in Bulgaria to elect members of the XXIV Ordinary National Assembly between 6 and 27 March 1938, the first after the 1934 coup.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p368 978-3-8329-5609-7 The elections were held on a non-partisan basis, with all parties banned.Nohlen & Stöver, p354 Pro-government candidates won a majority of seats.Nohlen & Stöver, p386 Voter turnout was 70%.Nohlen & Stöver, p370 Women were allowed to vote – for the first time – if they were married, divorced or widowed.Krassimira Daskalova How Should We Name the "Women-Friendly" Actions of State Socialism? Aspasia: International Yearbook of Central, Eastern, and Southeastern European Women's and Gender History 1 2007 214–219 https://books.google.com/books?id=0MWTWVIyyh0C&pg=PA214 Despite gerrymandering and manipulation, the opposition performed unexpectedly well.https://www.marginalia.bg/komunizam-i-naroden-front-4-ta-chast/ Комунизъм и Народен фронт(4-та част) bg 26 August 2024 Following the election, three meetings were held in April 1938, one with 17 MPs from the regions of Burgas and Stara Zagora, one with 42 from Vratsa, Pleven and Shumen and one with 32 from Plovdiv and Sofia, with all of them expressing support for the government and a further six expressed support without being present, for a total of 97 pro-government MPs. Despite the non-partisan nature of the election, only ten elected MPs had never previously been members of any defunct parties. Electoral system For the first time since the 1911 election MPs were elected under first-past-the-post, with 160 separate constituencies, some of them gerrymandered. Conduct The elections were held on different dates in different regions to facilitate the presence of the armed forces for voter dispersion during the electoral campaign and exert pressure, make arrest and hinder the distribution of opposition ballots on election day. Results Government 6 Democratic Alliance–Moshanov 31 Right-wing BZNS factionsBZNS–Ploughman and BZNS–Peasant VoiceKumanov, Milen. Political organizations and movements in Bulgaria and their leaders 1879-1949, Sofia 1991. 30 NSD–Kalfov 18 Others 8 Independents 10 y 97 Democratic Unification 5 Petorka bg ПеторкаBZNS–Vrabcha 1 bg БЗНС „Врабча 1“ 27 seats, Bulgarian Social Democratic Workers' Party (Broad Socialists) 8, Radical Democratic Party 2, Democratic Alliance–Vasilev 2, National Liberal Party (Smilov) 2 41 #ECE2AF Bulgarian Communist Party 5 BZNS–Midday 9 Democratic Party 1 y 56 National Social Movement–Tsankov 3 Independent Agrarians 2 National Liberal Party (G. Petrov) 1 People's PartyThe People's party was restored from the Burov faction of the Democratic Alliance, made up of formerly ONPP members 1 2261862 3252883 Nohlen & Stöver (votes), Georgiev (seats)Georgiev, Velichko. The bourgeoisie and petite bourgeoisie parties in Bulgaria 1934-1939. Sofia, State Publisher "Science and Art", 1971, p. 343, 348. Aftermath The government achieved a closer majority than expected, and after the election successfully pressured a number of opposition MPs to change sides. Prime Minister Georgi Kyoseivanov continued his term. In July he signed the Salonika Agreement with the Balkan Pact, which removed the arms restrictions placed on Bulgaria. After the outbreak of World War II, Tsar Boris III dissolved the Assembly and scheduled elections for 1939.Tsurakov, Angel. Encyclopedia of Governments, National Assemblies, and Assassinations in Bulgaria. Sofia, Trud Publishing House, 2008. ISBN 954-528-790-X, p. 193-204. Notes References Bulgaria Parliamentary election Category:Parliamentary elections in Bulgaria Category:Non-partisan elections Parliamentary Bulgaria