1949 Bulgarian parliamentary election

none 1949 Bulgarian parliamentary election Bulgaria 1948 1946 1953 18 December 1949 All 241 seats in the Grand National Assembly 98.91% yes Bulgarian Fatherland Front Vasil Kolarov 99.98 241 PM Vasil Kolarov Bulgarian Fatherland Front Vasil Kolarov Bulgarian Fatherland Front Parliamentary elections were held in Bulgaria on 18 December 1949.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p368 978-3-8329-5609-7 They were the first legislative elections held under undisguised Communist rule. With all meaningful opposition having been destroyed,Communism. Bulgaria: a country study. Library of Congress Federal Research Division, 1989. voters were presented with a single list from the Fatherland Front, dominated by the Bulgarian Communist Party. According to official figures, almost 4.7 million people turned out to vote and only 980 of them voted against the list, while another 109,963 ballots were invalid or blank. Voter turnout was reportedly 98.9 percent.Nohlen & Stöver, p381 Results Fatherland Front 4588996 241 Against 980 109963 4751849 Nohlen & Stöver References Bulgaria Parliamentary Category:Parliamentary elections in Bulgaria Category:One-party elections Bulgaria Parliamentary