1920 Bulgarian parliamentary election

Parliamentary elections were held in Bulgaria on 28 March 1920.^[1] It was compulsory to vote.^[2] The result was a victory for the Bulgarian Agrarian National Union (BANU), which won 110 of the 229 seats. Voter turnout was 77%.^[3]

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Bulgarian Agrarian National Union	349,212	38.56	110	+33
	Bulgarian Communist Party	184,616	20.39	50	+3
	Democratic Party	91,177	10.07	24	–4
	People's Party	61,647	6.81	14	–5
	Bulgarian Social Democratic Workers Party (Broad Socialists)	55,452	6.12	9	–29
	Progressive Liberal Party	46,478	5.13	8	0
	Radical Democratic Party	41,930	4.63	8	0
	People's Liberal Party–Genadiev	26,819	2.96	2	+1
	Liberal Party–PLP Petkov–Young Liberals Party	14,469	1.60	0	–
	Democratic Party–People's Party	8,242	0.91	0	–
	People's Party–Progressive Liberal Party	8,065	0.89	0	–
	People's Liberal Party–Petkov	7,785	0.86	4	+2
	Independents	9,726	1.07	0	–
Total		905,618	100.00	229	–7
Valid votes		905,618	98.96
Invalid/blank votes		9,554	1.04
Total votes		915,172	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		1,184,577	77.26
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

Aftermath

The BANU government annulled the election of 13 deputies – nine of them Communists – which gave them a majority in parliament.^[2]