Parliamentary elections were held in Bulgaria on 29 May 1927.[1] The result was a victory for the Democratic Alliance–National Liberal Party alliance, which won 174 of the 261 seats. Voter turnout was 84.3%.[2] A special election law guaranteed the party which gained the largest share of the vote an absolute majority in the assembly.[3]

Results

Votes

PartyVotes%
Democratic Alliance414,59135.92
Democratic Alliance–National Liberal Party108,0019.36
Bulgarian Agrarian National Union285,75824.76
BZNS (Tomov)–DP–NLP (Kyorchev)179,49115.55
Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization37,8543.28
BZNS (Dragiev)–RDP29,6372.57
Bulgarian Communist Party29,2102.53
National Liberal Party18,5401.61
United People's Progressive Party17,2491.49
Democratic Party12,4141.08
Independents21,5681.87
Total1,154,313100.00
Valid votes1,154,31397.57
Invalid/blank votes28,8092.43
Total votes1,183,122100.00
Registered voters/turnout1,403,97284.27
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

Seats

PartySeats
Democratic Alliance–National Liberal Party174
Bulgarian Agrarian National Union (Dragiev)46
Democratic Party11
Bulgarian Social Democratic Workers Party (Broad Socialists)10
National Liberal Party (Kyorchev)7
Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization7
Bulgarian Agrarian National Union (Tomov)6
Total261
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

References

  1. ↑ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p368 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. ↑ Nohlen & Stöver, p380
  3. ↑ R. J. Crampton (2007) Bulgaria, Oxford University Press, p240
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