1990 Bulgarian Constitutional Assembly election

1990 Bulgarian Constitutional Assembly election

10 June 1990
Turnout	90.79%
Party Leader Vote % Seats BSP Alexander Lilov 47.15 211 SDS Zhelyu Zhelev 36.21 144 DPS Ahmed Dogan 8.03 23 BZNS Viktor Valkov 6.02 16 OPT 0.60 1 OF Guinio Ganev – 2 PBSD Peter Dertliev – 1 Independents – – 2 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Prime Minister before Prime Minister after Andrey Lukanov BSP Dimitar Popov Independent

Constitutional Assembly elections were held in Bulgaria on 10 June 1990, with a second round for eighteen seats on 17 June. They were the first elections held since the fall of Communism the previous winter, and the first free national elections since 1931. The elections were held to elect the 7th Grand National Assembly, tasked with adopting a new (democratic) constitution. The new electoral system was changed from 400 single-member constituencies used during the Communist era to a split system whereby half were elected in single member constituencies and half by proportional representation. The result was a victory for the Bulgarian Socialist Party, the freshly renamed Communist Party, which won 211 of the 400 seats.

The Grand National Assembly drafted the country's fourth constitution, which was promulgated on 12 July 1991. The first elections under the new document were held three months later.

Results

Party		Proportional			Constituency			Total seats	+/–
		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats
	Bulgarian Socialist Party	2,887,766	47.15	97	2,775,465	45.57	114	211	New
	Union of Democratic Forces	2,217,798	36.21	75	2,188,547	35.94	69	144	New
	Movement for Rights and Freedoms	491,597	8.03	12	498,017	8.18	11	23	New
	Bulgarian Agrarian National Union	368,929	6.02	16	326,420	5.36	0	16	−83
	Patriotic Party of Labour	36,668	0.60	0	47,713	0.78	1	1	New
	Alternative Socialist Party	22,064	0.36	0	125,343	2.06	0	0	New
	Alternative Socialist Alliance	16,061	0.26	0			0	0	New
	Liberal Party – Pernik	15,034	0.25	0			0	0	New
	Union of Disabled	10,466	0.17	0			0	0	New
	Union of Non-Party Members	9,978	0.16	0			0	0	New
	Parliamentary Movement for the Tarnovo Constitution	8,354	0.14	0			0	0	New
	Non-Party Members for Democracy Movement	8,195	0.13	0			0	0	New
	Political Opposition Bloc (Centre)	6,043	0.10	0			0	0	New
	Bulgarian National Democratic Party	4,723	0.08	0			0	0	New
	Union of Democratic Parties and Movements "Era-3"	4,521	0.07	0			0	0	New
	Bulgarian National Radical Party	3,827	0.06	0			0	0	New
	Christian Republican Party	3,534	0.06	0			0	0	New
	Social Democratic Party Non-Marxists	3,036	0.05	0			0	0	New
	Union of Non-Party Guarantees	1,929	0.03	0			0	0	New
	Bulgarian Christian Democratic Party (Centre)	1,563	0.03	0			0	0	New
	Bulgarian Revolutionary Youth Party	640	0.01	0			0	0	New
	Free Democratic Party	586	0.01	0			0	0	New
	United People's Union	334	0.01	0			0	0	New
	National Patriotic Union	319	0.01	0			0	0	New
	Organisation of the Ill and Weak	287	0.00	0			0	0	New
	National Party of Labour	249	0.00	0			0	0	New
	Fatherland Front				32,192	0.53	2	2	−274
	Social Democratic Party				20,225	0.33	1	1	+1
	Independents				76,197	1.25	2	2	−23
Total		6,124,501	100.00	200	6,090,119	100.00	200	400	0
Valid votes		6,124,501	96.70		6,090,119	96.14
Invalid/blank votes		208,833	3.30		244,296	3.86
Total votes		6,333,334	100.00		6,334,415	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		6,976,620	90.78		6,976,620	90.79
Source: University of Essex, Rose & Munro, Duverger, Stoichev, 168 Chasa