Parliamentary elections were held in

Bulgaria Bulgaria (; bg, България, Bǎlgariya), officially the Republic of Bulgaria,, ) is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern flank of the Balkans, and is bordered by Romania to the north, Serbia and North Macedo ...

on 18 November 1945, Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', pp368–369 the country's first to feature

universal suffrage Universal suffrage (also called universal franchise, general suffrage, and common suffrage of the common man) gives the right to vote to all adult citizens, regardless of wealth, income, gender, social status, race, ethnicity, or political stan ...

for women. The

Bulgarian Agrarian National Union The Bulgarian Agrarian National Union Bulgarian Agrarian National U ...

and the

Bulgarian Communist Party The Bulgarian Communist Party (BCP; bg, Българска Комунистическа Партия (БКП), Balgarska komunisticheska partiya (BKP)) was the founding and ruling party of the People's Republic of Bulgaria from 1946 until 198 ...

both won 94 seats. Voter turnout was 84.8%.

Results

For the first time, women could stand as candidates, with Stoyanka Ancheva, Ekaterina Avramova,

Tsola Dragoycheva Tsola Nincheva Dragoycheva ( bg, Цола Нинчева Драгойчева; 18 August 1898 – 26 May 1993), also known under the pseudonym Sonya, was a Bulgarian politician of the Bulgarian Communist Party (BCP). A member of the illegal ar ...

, Stanka Ivanova, Tsvetana Keranova, Elena Ketskarova, Mara Kinkel, Venera Klincharova, Vyara Makedonska,

Stefana Markova Stefana is a given name. Notable people with the name include: * Stefana Miladinović, Serbian politician *Stefana Veljković Stefana Veljković ( sr-cyr, Стефана Вељковић; born 9 January 1990, in Svetozarevo) is a Serbian volley ...

Ekaterina Nikolova Ekaterina is a Russian feminine given name, and an alternative transliteration of the Russian ''Yekaterina''. Katya and Katyusha are common diminutive forms of Ekaterina. Notable people with the name can be found below. Arts * Ekaterina Medvedev ...

Rada Todorova Rada Noeva Todorova (22 August 1902 – 1987) was a Bulgarian politician. She was one of the first group of women elected to the National Assembly in 1945. Biography Todorova was born in 1902 in the village of Karavelovo. In 1920 she joined Ko ...

Mata Tyurkedzhieva Mata may refer to: Places * Mata, Iran, a village in Kerman Province, Iran * Mata, Israel, a Moshav in the Judaean Mountains, south-west of Jerusalem, not far from Beit Shemesh * Mata, Rio Grande do Sul, town in Brazil * Mata Island, in the Huds ...

Maria Toteva Maria may refer to: People * Mary, mother of Jesus * Maria (given name), a popular given name in many languages Place names Extraterrestrial * 170 Maria, a Main belt S-type asteroid discovered in 1877 * Lunar maria (plural of ''mare''), large, ...

and

Vera Zlatareva Vera Zlatareva (3 December 1905 – 19 August 1977) was a Bulgarian feminist, author, suffragette and lawyer. Life Vera Zlatareva was born on 3 December 1905 in the village of Golyamo Belovo, Bulgaria. She attended middle and high school in Plo ...

becoming the first women in the National Assembly.Mart Martin (2000) ''The Almanac of Women and Minorities in World Politics'', pp53–54

References

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Parliamentary elections in Bulgaria

Parliamentary A parliamentary system, or parliamentarian democracy, is a system of democratic governance of a state (or subordinate entity) where the executive derives its democratic legitimacy from its ability to command the support ("confidence") of the ...