1945 Bulgarian parliamentary election

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, 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]

Party	Votes	%	Seats
Bulgarian Communist Party	3,005,983	88.1	94
Bulgarian Agrarian National Union			94
Zveno			45
Bulgarian Social Democratic Workers Party (Broad Socialists)			31
Radical Democratic Party			11
Opposition candidates	404,482	11.9	1
Invalid/blank votes	455,000	–	–
Total	3,865,465	100	276
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

References

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