Bulgaria 1994 general election
Final results from ParlGov, read : Coalition for Bulgaria / Democratic Left won 125 of 240 seats with 43.5% of the vote; 75.2% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 8.6 points on 1991.
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Result
Seats and votes by party
| Party | Seats | ± seats | % | ± points | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coalition for Bulgaria / Democratic Leftwith Agrarian Union "Aleksandar Stamboliyski", Political Club "Ecoglasnost" and Bulgarian Socialist Party | 125 | +19 | 43.5 | +10.4 | 2,262,943 |
| Union of Democratic Forces | 69 | −41 | 24.2 | −10.1 | 1,260,374 |
| Agrarian People's Unionwith Democratic Party | 18 | +18 | 6.5 | +2.6 | 338,478 |
| Movement for Rights and Freedoms | 15 | −9 | 5.4 | −2.1 | 283,094 |
| Bulgarian Business Bloc | 13 | +13 | 4.7 | +3.4 | 245,849 |
| Democratic Alternative for the Republicwith Party of Bulgarian Social Democrats and Green Party of Bulgaria | 0 | 3.8 | 197,057 | ||
| Communist Party of Bulgaria | 0 | 1.5 | 78,606 | ||
| "New Choice" Union | 0 | 1.5 | 77,641 | ||
| Patriotic Union | 0 | 1.4 | 74,350 | ||
| Kingdom of Bulgaria Confederation | 0 | 0 | 1.4 | −0.4 | 73,205 |
± is the change against the Bulgaria 1991 general election, party by party.
Votes by party
- Coalition for Bulgaria / Democratic Left 2,262,943
- Union of Democratic Forces 1,260,374
- Agrarian People's Union 338,478
- Movement for Rights and Freedoms 283,094
- Bulgarian Business Bloc 245,849
- Democratic Alternative for the Republic 197,057
- Communist Party of Bulgaria 78,606
- "New Choice" Union 77,641
- Patriotic Union 74,350
- Kingdom of Bulgaria Confederation 73,205
ParlGov lists parties with at least 1 percent of the vote or 2 seats, so the rows do not add up to the valid votes. How we read it.
ParlGov counts an alliance's votes and seats under its first party: such a row names the allies it counts.
Share of the vote
Turnout
75.2% of the 6,997,954 registered voters cast a ballot (5,264,448 ballots), down 8.6 points on 1991. 5,202,065 of them were valid votes. How turnout is counted.
Votes and seats
- Coalition for Bulgaria / Democratic Left43.5% of votes52.1% of seats
- Union of Democratic Forces24.2% of votes28.8% of seats
- Agrarian People's Union6.5% of votes7.5% of seats
- Movement for Rights and Freedoms5.4% of votes6.3% of seats
- Bulgarian Business Bloc4.7% of votes5.4% of seats
- Democratic Alternative for the Republic3.8% of votes0.0% of seats
The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 7.7 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 3.9 by votes and 2.7 by seats; Coalition for Bulgaria / Democratic Left led Union of Democratic Forces by 19.3 points of the vote. How these are computed.
Sources and licence
Sources and licence
- ParlGov 2024 Release (Döring and Manow), Harvard Dataverse (source). Licence: CC0 1.0 Universal
- Wikidata, party colours (P465) (source). Licence: CC0 1.0 Universal
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