1939 Bulgarian parliamentary election

1939 Bulgarian parliamentary election

24 December 1939 (1939-12-24)–January 1940 (1940-01)

All 160 seats in the National Assembly
81 seats needed for a majority
Turnout67.2%
Party Leader Vote % Seats
Government Boris III 57.74 140
BKP Vasil Kolarov 8.04 10
BZNS-Midday Konstantin Tomov 7.09 5
NSD-Tsankov Aleksandar Tsankov 3.25 2
BZNS-Vrabcha 1 Dimitar Gichev 5.94 1
Democratic Party Nikola Mushanov 1.83 1
Zveno/NP Kimon Georgiev 1.78 1
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Prime Minister before Prime Minister after
Georgi Kyoseivanov
Kyoseivanov IV (Ind.)
Bogdan Filov
Filov I (Ind.)

Parliamentary elections were held in Bulgaria to elect members of the XXV Ordinary National Assembly on 24 December 1939, although voting continued in some areas into January 1940. The elections were officially held on a non-partisan basis with the Bulgarian Agrarian National Union and Bulgarian Communist Party banned, and in a process tightly controlled by Tsar Boris III, by then the real power in the country. However, candidates representing parties did contest the elections. Pro-government candidates won a majority of seats. Voter turnout was 67.2%.