1945 Bulgarian parliamentary election

none People's Republic of Bulgaria 1945 1939 1946 18 November 1945 All 276 seats in the National Assembly 84.80% yes Bulgarian Communist Party Georgi Dimitrov 94 10 Bulgarian Agrarian National Union Nikola Petkov 94 5 Zveno Kimon Georgiev 45 Bulgarian Social Democratic Workers' Party (Broad Socialists) Dimitar Neykov bg Димитър Нейков 31 Radical Democratic Party (Bulgaria) 11 Opposition #535B58 no 1 Prime Minister Kimon Georgiev Bulgarian Fatherland Front Kimon Georgiev Bulgarian Fatherland Front Parliamentary elections were held in Bulgaria on 18 November 1945,Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, pp368–369 978-3-8329-5609-7 the country's first to feature universal suffrage for women.Nohlen & Stöver, p86 The Bulgarian Agrarian National Union and the Bulgarian Communist Party both won 94 seats.Nohlen & Stöver, p386 Voter turnout was 84.8%.Nohlen & Stöver, p370 Results For the first time, women could stand as candidates, with Stoyanka Ancheva, Ekaterina Avramova, Tsola Dragoycheva, Stanka Ivanova, Tsvetana Keranova bg Цветана Киранова, Elena Ketskarova, Mara Kinkel, Venera Klincharova, Vyara Makedonska, Stefana Markova, Ekaterina Nikolova, Rada Todorova, Mata Tyurkedzhieva, Maria Toteva and Vera Zlatareva becoming the first women in the National Assembly.Mart Martin (2000) The Almanac of Women and Minorities in World Politics, pp53–54 File:Bulgaria Parliament 1945.svg Bulgarian Communist Party 3005983 5 94 Bulgarian Agrarian National Union 94 Zveno 45 Bulgarian Social Democratic Workers' Party (Broad Socialists) 31 Radical Democratic Party 11 Opposition candidates 404482 1 #535B58 455000 4558332 Nohlen & Stöver References Bulgaria Category:Parliamentary elections in Bulgaria Parliamentary Bulgaria