1901 Bulgarian parliamentary election
Bulgarian parliamentary election
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Parliamentary elections were held in Bulgaria on 28 January 1901[1] to elect members of the XI Ordinary National Assembly. Although the People's Party received the most votes, the People's Liberal Party and the Progressive Liberal Party jointly won the most seats. Voter turnout was 43%.[2]
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28 January 1901
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| Turnout | 42.74% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
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Results
| Party | Votes[a] | % | Seats | +/â | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| People's Party | 149,276 | 18.75 | 25 | +23 | |
| People's Liberal Party | 146,532 | 18.40 | 31 | +12 | |
| Progressive Liberal Party | 131,301 | 16.49 | 31 | +21 | |
| Democratic Party | 109,471 | 13.75 | 27 | +17 | |
| Bulgarian Agrarian National Union | 50,428 | 6.33 | 13 | +13 | |
| Liberal Party | 33,718 | 4.23 | 5 | â84 | |
| Bulgarian Workers' Social Democratic Party | 32,737 | 4.11 | 2 | â2 | |
| Undetermined | 15,310 | 1.92 | 0 | â | |
| Reformist Party | 13,508 | 1.70 | 5 | +5 | |
| Independent Democrats | 10,587 | 1.33 | 2 | +2 | |
| Conservative Party | 7,861 | 0.99 | 2 | +1 | |
| Independent Liberals | 4,417 | 0.55 | 0 | â | |
| Independent PLP | 973 | 0.12 | 0 | â | |
| Monarchist-Constitutionalists | 135 | 0.02 | 0 | â | |
| Independents | 89,944 | 11.30 | 24 | +19 | |
| Total | 796,198 | 100.00 | 167 | â2 | |
| Valid votes | 292,911 | 84.95 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 51,876 | 15.05 | |||
| Total votes | 344,787 | 100.00 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 806,679 | 42.74 | |||
| Source: National Statistical Institute,[3] Nohlen & Stöver | |||||
By-elections
Several MPs were elected in more than one constituency and were required to choose which one to represent when the Assembly convened, resulting in nine seats being vacated. Two MPs died, two resigned their seats to hold national office and the results in seventeen seats were annulled, resulting in 30 vacancies across 20 constituencies. Snap elections were held on 8 April and 7 October 1901. This resulted in the Progressive Liberal Party becoming the largest party with 40 seats.[3]
| Party | Seats | |
|---|---|---|
| Progressive Liberal Party | 40 | |
| People's Party | 29 | |
| Democratic Party | 27 | |
| People's Liberal Party | 24 | |
| Independents | 19 | |
| Bulgarian Agrarian National Union | 12 | |
| Liberal Party | 5 | |
| Conservative Party | 2 | |
| Bulgarian Workers' Social Democratic Party | 2 | |
| Independent Democrats | 2 | |
| Reformist Party | 1 | |
| Democratic-Republican | 1 | |
| Total | 164 | |
| Source: National Statistical Institute[3] | ||
Aftermath
Following the election, Petko Karavelov became Prime Minister, leading a government of the DP and the PLP, supported by the NP. These were Bulgaria's three major traditional pro-Russian parties. The government granted an amnesty to many of those involved in the 1900 riots and introduced democratization reforms, including greater press freedom and increased Parliamentary oversight of ministers. However voting rights were taken away from Bulgaria's Muslim and Roma populations, a policy that would remain until the 1914 election. The ongoing financial crisis in the country continued to worsen and Karavelov resigned in December 1901, after Parliament narrowly rejected a proposed French loan by the Paribas bank by four votes, with the deciding votes coming from former Democrats in the new Young Democrats Party. PLP leader and Foreign minister Stoyan Danev was appointed PM and lead a minority government heading into the subsequent 1902 election.[4][5][6]
Notes
- Listed is the number of votes received for each party, not the number of individual voters. As most of the 81 constituencies elected more than one MP, most voters cast more than one vote. The number of individual voters was 344 787
