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1913 Bulgarian parliamentary election
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Bulgaria 1908 September 1911 1914 All 204 seats in the National Assembly 103 55.01% 24 November 1913 LP–NLP–MLP #38283d 38.69 Vasil Radoslavov 94 14 BZNS 21.18 Aleksanda Dimitrov (politician) bg Александър Димитров Aleksandar DimitrovDimitar Dragiev bg Димитър Драгиев 48 4 BRSDP (united) 10.27 19 0 Yanko Sakazov BRSDP 10.10 18 0 Dimitar Blagoev Democratic 8.00 14 4 Aleksandar Malinov People's Party 4.53 5 100 Ivan Geshov Radical Democratic 4.47 5 0 Naycho Tsanov bg Найчо Цанов Progressive Liberal 2.21 1 91 Stoyan Danev Bulgaria_1913_legislative_election.svg Prime Minister Vasil Radoslavov Radoslavov II (LP–NLP–MLP) Vasil Radoslavov Radoslavov III (LP–NLP–MLP)
Parliamentary elections were held in Bulgaria on 24 November 1913.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p368 978-3-8329-5609-7 to elect members of the XVI Ordinary National Assembly. The result was a victory for the ruling Liberal Concentration, an alliance of the Liberal Party (Radoslavists), the People's Liberal Party and the Young Liberals Party, won a plurality of votes and seats. Voter turnout was 55%.Nohlen & Stöver, p378 For the first time in Bulgarian history the election was held under proportional representation in all twelve of Bulgaria's pre-Balkan wars regions. Citizens in the newly annexed territories could not vote.
Results
Liberal Concentration 3 207763 3 Liberal Party 60 +53 #38283d People's Liberal Party 27 +21 Young Liberals Party 7 +6 Bulgarian Agrarian National Union 113761 48 +44 Bulgarian Social Democratic Workers' Party (united) 55157 19 +19 Bulgarian Social Democratic Workers' Party (Narrow Socialists) 54217 18 +18 Democratic Party 42971 14 +10 People's Party 24994 5 –95 Radical Democratic Party 24007 5 +5 Progressive Liberal Party 12513 1 –90 Others 1684 0 0 6383 987832 –9 ZhivkovSvetoslav Zhivkov The proportional representation. Elections and electoral legislature in Bulgaria on the eve of the First World War 2022 436–443
Aftermath
The ruling Liberal Concentration failed to win a majority of seats. Foreign minister and NLP leader Nikola Genadiev bg Никола Генадиев resigned in December 1913 in protest of the government's strongly pro-Triple Alliance foreign policy and later formed his own party. However most of the NLP, under the new leadership of Dobri Petkov bg Добри Петков, remained in government. Despite protests from many opposition MPs, early elections were called shortly afterwards and held in February 1914.Kumanov, Milen. Political organizations and movements in Bulgaria and their leaders 1879-1949, Sofia 1991.
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