1939 Bulgarian parliamentary election

none Bulgaria 1939 legislative election.svg 1939 Bulgarian parliamentary election Bulgaria 1878 1938 1945 1939 12 24 yes–1940 01 yes All 160 seats in the National Assembly 81 67.2% yes Government no Boris III 57.74 140 BKP Vasil Kolarov 8.04 10 BZNS-Midday Konstantin Tomov bg Константин Томов 7.09 5 NSD-TsankovWhile officially in opposition, the two NSD MPs often voted with the governing bloc and are sometimes listed as pro-government. Aleksandar Tsankov 3.25 2 #964B00 BZNS-Vrabcha 1 Dimitar Gichev bg Димитър Гичев 5.94 1 Democratic Party Nikola Mushanov 1.83 1 Zveno/NP Kimon Georgiev 1.78 1 Prime Minister Georgi Kyoseivanov Kyoseivanov IV (Ind.) Bogdan Filov Filov I (Ind.) Parliamentary elections were held in Bulgaria to elect members of the XXV Ordinary National Assembly on 24 December 1939, although voting continued in some areas into January 1940.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, pp368–369 978-3-8329-5609-7 The elections were officially held on a non-partisan basis with the Bulgarian Agrarian National Union and Bulgarian Communist Party banned,Nohlen & Stöver, p354 and in a process tightly controlled by Tsar Boris III, by then the real power in the country.Bulgaria: a country study. Library of Congress Federal Research Division, December 1989. However, candidates representing parties did contest the elections.Nohlen & Stöver, p381 Pro-government candidates won a majority of seats.Nohlen & Stöver, p386 Voter turnout was 67.2%.Nohlen & Stöver, p370 Results Pro-government candidates 1222971 140 Bulgarian Communist Party 170252 10 Bulgarian Agrarian National Union (Tomov) 150251 5 Bulgarian Agrarian National Union (Dragiev) 125713 1 Agrarians 94354 0 National Social Movement 68815 2 #964B00 Democratic Alliance 59740 0 National Liberal Party 46766 0 Democratic Party 38863 1 Zveno 37706 1 Bulgarian Social Democratic Workers' Party (Broad Socialists) 26672 0 Radical Democratic Party 18939 0 Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization 14593 0 Other opposition candidates 42351 0 57177 3235968 Nohlen & Stöver, KandilarovKandilarov, Evgeniy. Research on the history of socialism in Bulgaria 1891-1944, page 389. DimitrovDimitrov. Bourgeois opposition, 1939-1944, Sofia 1997, pages 51, 55 Aftermath Bogdan Filov was appointed as Prime Minister after the election. The government signed the anti-Jewish Law for Protection of the Nation, the Mobilization Directorate bg Дирекция за гражданска мобилизация and the pro-fascist Brannik youth organization were formed. In 1940 the Treaty of Craiova was signed, returning control of Southern Dobruja to Bulgaria. The country joined the Tripartite Pact and World War II on 1 March 1941, with a 140 to 20 vote in the Assembly.Miller 1975 45 Boris III died on 28 August 1943 and a regency for his son Simeon II was established. Filov became a regent and was succeeded as PM by Dobri Bozhilov and later by Ivan Bagryanov. As soviet troops were about to enter the country, the regency allowed the formation of a government of the pro-Allied democratic opposition under Konstantin Muraviev, however it was overthrown by the Fatherland Front seven days later in the 9 September coup.Tsurakov, Angel. Encyclopedia of Governments, National Assemblies, and Assassinations in Bulgaria. Sofia, Trud Publishing House, 2008. ISBN 954-528-790-X, p. 205-225. 127 of the 160 MPs in the XXV National Assembly were tried in the People's Court, (111 were present, 7 tried in absentia and 9 had died), with 67 sentenced to death, in addition to the three regents (Filov, Prince Kiril and Nikola Mihov) and the Prime Ministers Bozhilov and Bagryanov, amongst others.Polya Meshkova, Dino Sharlanov Bulgarian guillotine. The secret mechanisms of the People's court 1994 Notes References Sources Marshall Lee Miller Bulgaria during the Second World War Stanford, CA Stanford University Press 1975 Bulgaria Parliamentary election Category:Parliamentary elections in Bulgaria Category:Non-partisan elections category:Election and referendum articles with incomplete results Category:1939 elections in Bulgaria