1938_Bulgarian_parliamentary_election

1938 Bulgarian parliamentary election

1938 Bulgarian parliamentary election

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Parliamentary elections were held in Bulgaria between 6 and 27 March 1938, the first after the 1934 coup.[1] The elections were held on a non-partisan basis, with the Bulgarian Agrarian National Union and Bulgarian Communist Party banned.[2] Pro-government candidates won a majority of seats.[3] Voter turnout was 69.5%.[4]

Women were allowed to vote – for the first time – if they were married, divorced or widowed.[5]

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References

  1. [1]
    Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p368 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. [2]
    Nohlen & Stöver, p354
  3. [3]
    Nohlen & Stöver, p386
  4. [4]
    Nohlen & Stöver, p370
  5. [5]
    Krassimira Daskalova: How Should We Name the “Women-Friendly” Actions of State Socialism?, in: Aspasia: International Yearbook of Central, Eastern, and Southeastern European Women's and Gender History, Vol. 1 (2007), pp. 214–219 (here: p. 215). Available here.
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