1957 Bulgarian parliamentary election

none Bulgaria 1948 1953 1962 22 December 1957 All 247 seats in the Grand National Assembly 99.77% Bulgarian Fatherland Front Todor Zhivkov 99.96 247 249 PM Anton Yugov Bulgarian Fatherland Front Anton Yugov Bulgarian Fatherland Front Parliamentary elections were held in Bulgaria on 22 December 1957.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p368 978-3-8329-5609-7 Voters were presented with a single list from the Fatherland Front, dominated by the Bulgarian Communist Party. As the Fatherland Front was the only organisation to contest the election and all candidate lists had to be approved by the Front, voters only had the option of voting for or against the Front list. Only 2,076 of the 5,206,103 valid votes were cast against. Voter turnout was reportedly 99.8%.Bulgaria: a country study. Library of Congress Federal Research Division, December 1989.Nohlen & Stöver, p381 Results Fatherland Front 5204027 247 –2 Against 2076 325 –2 5218602 Nohlen & Stöver References Bulgaria Parliamentary Category:Parliamentary elections in Bulgaria Category:One-party elections Parliamentary Bulgaria