1994 Bulgarian parliamentary election

1994 Bulgarian parliamentary election
Bulgaria
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All 240 seats in the National Assembly
121 seats needed for a majority
Turnout75.23% Decrease 8.64 pp
Party Leader % Seats +/–
DL Zhan Videnov 43.50 125 +19
SDS Philip Dimitrov 24.23 69 −41
BZNS–DP Anastasia Mozer 6.51 18 New
DPS Ahmed Dogan 5.44 15 −9
BBB George Ganchev 4.73 13 +13
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Results by constituency
Prime Minister before Prime Minister after
Reneta Indzhova
Independent		 Zhan Videnov
DL

Parliamentary elections were held in Bulgaria on 18 December 1994.[1] The Democratic Left, the core of which was the Bulgarian Socialist Party, won 125 of the 240 seats, enough to govern without the support of parties from outside the coalition. Voter turnout was 75.3%.[2] Following the election, Socialist Party leader Zhan Videnov became prime minister.[3]

  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p369 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p382
  3. ^ Bulgaria: Elections held in 1994 Inter-Parliamentary Union