Parliamentary elections were held in

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in January and February 1880."Bulgaria", ''The Times'', 31 January 1880"News in Brief", ''The Times'', 3 February 1880 Low voter turnout in some constituencies led to the results being invalidated and the elections re-run. Unlike in former elections, the government did not attempt to influence the result, resulting in the opposition

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retaining their majority in the

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."Bulgaria", ''The Times'', 6 April 1880 Of the 162 seats, the Liberal Party won 103 and the

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won 50. When the newly elected Assembly convened, Liberal Party member

Petko Karavelov Petko Stoichev KaravelovFrederick B. Chary, ''The History of Bulgaria'', ABC-CLIO, 2011, p. 181 ( bg, Петко Стойчев Каравелов; 24 March 1843 – 24 January 1903) was a leading Bulgarian liberal politician who served as Prime M ...

was elected

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. Following the election the government resigned, but incumbent Prime Minister Kliment Turnovski was asked to form another government. Ultimately

Dragan Tsankov Dragan Kiriakov Tsankov ( bg, Драган Киряков Цанков) (9 November 1828 – 24 March 1911) was a Bulgarian politician and the first Liberal Party Prime Minister of the country. He was born in Svishtov. Tsankov was initially a ...

formed a government and became Prime Minister on 8 April.Bulgaria
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