Constitutional Assembly 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 27 October 1946.
[ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', pp368 ] The elections served to elect members to the 6th
Grand National Assembly, tasked with adopting a new constitution. The
Fatherland Front, an anti-fascist coalition dominated by 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 ...
, had come to power in 1944 following a
coup. Now that the Second World War was over and the monarchy
abolished the communists wanted to adopt a new constitution. The Communists won a large majority, with 53.5 percent of the vote and 278 of the 465 seats. Voter turnout was 92.6%.
[Nohlen & Stöver, p376] This would be the lowest vote share that the Communists or the Fatherland Front would claim during the 43 years of the
People's Republic of Bulgaria
The People's Republic of Bulgaria (PRB; bg, Народна Република България (НРБ), ''Narodna Republika Balgariya, NRB'') was the official name of Bulgaria, when it was a socialist republic from 1946 to 1990, ruled by the ...
. In subsequent years, the Fatherland Front would claim to win elections with unanimous or near-unanimous support.
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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 ...
1946 in Bulgaria
Elections in Bulgaria
1946 elections in Bulgaria
October 1946 events in Europe