1945_Bulgarian_parliamentary_election

1945 Bulgarian parliamentary election

1945 Bulgarian parliamentary election

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Parliamentary elections were held in Bulgaria on 18 November 1945,[1] the country's first to feature universal suffrage for women.[2] The Bulgarian Agrarian National Union and the Bulgarian Communist Party both won 94 seats.[3] Voter turnout was 84.8%.[4]

Results

For the first time, women could stand as candidates, with Stoyanka Ancheva, Ekaterina Avramova, Tsola Dragoycheva, Stanka Ivanova, Tsvetana Keranova [bg], Elena Ketskarova, Mara Kinkel, Venera Klincharova, Vyara Makedonska, Stefana Markova, Ekaterina Nikolova, Rada Todorova, Mata Tyurkedzhieva, Maria Toteva and Vera Zlatareva becoming the first women in the National Assembly.[5]

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References

  1. [1]
    Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, pp368–369 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. [2]
    Nohlen & Stöver, p86
  3. [3]
    Nohlen & Stöver, p386
  4. [4]
    Nohlen & Stöver, p370
  5. [5]
    Mart Martin (2000) The Almanac of Women and Minorities in World Politics, pp53–54
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