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Bulgaria – 1991 Parliamentary Elections Bulgaria – 1991 Parliamentary elections CONST constituency 1 Blagoevgrad 2 Burgas 3 Varna 4 Veliko Turnovo 5 Vidin 6 Vratsa 7 Grabrovo 8 Dobrych 9 Kurdzhali 10 Kyustendil 11 Lovech 12 Montana 13 Pazardzhik 14 Pernik 15 Pleven 16 Plovdiv grad 17 Plovdivokrug 18 Razgrad 19 Ruse 20 Silistra 21 Sliven 22 Smolyan 23 Sofia 1 24 Sofia 2 25 Sofia 3 26 Sofia okrug 27 Stara Zagora 28 Turgovishche 29 Khaskovo 30 Shumen 31 Yambol PARTY nominating party 0 Independents 1 BBB - Bulgarian Business Block (Bulgarski Biznes Blok) 2 BBP - Bulgarian Business Party (Bulgarska biznes partiya) 3 BDP - Bulgarian Democratic Party (Bulgarska democraticheska partiya) 4 BDPESShch - Bulgarian Democratic Party for European and World States (Bulgarska demokraticheska partiya za evropeiski e svetovni shchati) 5 BKP - Bulgarian Communist Party (Bulgarska komunisticheska partiya) 6 BKP(m) - Bulgarian Communist Party - Marxist (Bulgarska komunisticheska partiya - marksisti) 7 BNDP Bulgarian National Democratic Party (Bulgarska natsionalna demokratichna partiya) 8 BNRP - Bulgarian National Radical Party (Bulgarska natsionalna radikalna partiya) 9 BNS - Coalition of the Bulgarian National Union - Bulgarian Fatherland Party and New Democracy Bulgarian National Union (Koalitsiya Bulgarski natisionalen suyuz - Bulgarska otechestvena partiya i Bulgarski natisionalen suyuz 'Nova Demokratsiya') 10 BPSDP - Bulgarian Workers' Social-Democratic Party (Bulgarska rabotnicheska sotsialdemokraticheska partiya) 11 BRMP Bulgarian Revolutionary Party of Youth - Varna (Bulgarska revolyutsionna mladezhka partiya - Varna) 12 BRSP - Bulgarian Worker-Rural Party -Varna (Bulgarska Rabotnichesko-selska partiya - Varna) 13 BSP - Pre-electoral Union of the BSP, BLP, OPT, PKhZhD, KhRP, NLP 'St. Stambolov', SMS, FBSM, SDPD, and 'ERA-3' (Predizboren suyuz na BSP, BLP, OPT, PKhZhD, KhRP, NLP 'St. Stambolov', SMS, FBSM, SDPD, 'ERA-3') 14 BZNS(e) - Bulgarian Agrarian National Union (United) (Bulgarski zemedelski naroden suyuz (edinen)) 15 BZNS-NP - Bulgarian Agrarian National Union - 'Nikola Petkov' (Bulgarski zemedelski naroden suyuz - 'Nikola Petkov') 16 DBD - Movement of Non-partisans for Democracy (Dvizhenie 'Bezpartiini za demokratsiya') 17 DPS - Movement for Rights and Freedoms (Dvizhenie za prava i svobodi) 18 KhP - Radical Christian Party (Khristiyanradikalna partiya) 19 KhRDP- Christian Radical Democratic Party (Khristiyanradikaldemokraticheska partiya) 20 KTKS - 'Freedom' Coalition for The Turnovo Constitution (Koalitsiya za Turnovska konstitutsiya 'Svoboda') 21 KTsB - Kingdom of Bulgaria Federation (Konfederatsiya 'Tsarstvo Bulgariya') 22 LP - Liberal Party - Pernik (Liberalna partiya - Pernik) 23 NDP - Independent Democratic Party (Nezavisima demokratichna partiya) 24 NPS - National Patrotic Union Party (Partiya 'Natsionalen patriotichen suyuz') 25 ODSPS - United Democratic Union 'Party for Justice' (Obedinen demokratichen suyuz 'partiya za spavedlivost') 26 PBO - Bulgarian Eagle Party (Partiya 'Bulgarski orel') 27 PFP - Political Transformation Forum (Politicheski forum 'Preobrazhenie') 28 PKKF - Constitutional Forum Political Club (Politicheski klub 'Konstitutsionen forum') 29 PLK - Liberal Congress Party (Partiya 'Liberalen kongres') 30 PSB - Party of Proprietors of Bulgaria (Partiya na sobstvenitsite v Bulgariya) 31 PSD -ts - Party for Free Democracy - Centre (Partiya na svobodnite demokrati - tsentr) 32 SBG - Union of Non-partisan Guarantors (Suyuz na bezpartiinite garanti) 33 SBSSGB - Organisation of Invalids and Underprivileged Citizens of Bulgaria (Organizatsiya na surdechno bolnite i sotsialno slabite grazhdani v Bulgariya) 34 SDP - Free Democratic Party (Svobodna demokraticheska partiya) 35 SDS - Union of Democratic Forces (Suyuz na demokratichnite sili) 36 SDS-l - Union of Democratic Forces - Liberal (Suyuz na demokratichniti sili - liberali) 37 SDS-ts - Union of Democratic Forces - Centre (Suyuz na demokratichnite sili - tsentur) 38 SKP - Free Co-operative Party (Svobodna kooperativna partiya) VOTES number of valid votes won in constituency PVOTE percentage votes won in constituency SEATS number of seats won in constituency PSEATS percentage seats won in constituency VALID valid votes in constituency SEATSC seats to be allocated in constituency Bulgaria – 1994 Parliamentary elections CONST constituency 1 Blagoevgrad 2 Burgas 3 Varna 4 Veliko Turnovo 5 Vidin 6 Vratsa 7 Grabrovo 8 Dobrych 9 Kurdzhali 10 Kyustendil 11 Lovech 12 Montana 13 Pazardzhik 14 Pernik 15 Pleven 16 Plovdiv grad 17 Plovdivokrug 18 Razgrad 19 Ruse 20 Silistra 21 Sliven 22 Smolyan 23 Sofia 1 24 Sofia 2 25 Sofia 3 26 Sofia okrug 27 Stara Zagora 28 Turgovishche 29 Khaskovo 30 Shumen 31 Yambol PARTY nominating party 1 Independent 2 BBB Bulgarian Business Block (Bulgarska biznes blok) 3 BDPESShch Bulgarian Democratic Party for European and World States (Bulgarska demokraticheska partiya za evropeiski i svetovin shchati) 4 BKP Bulgarian Communist Party (Bulgarska komunisticheska partiya) 5 BLZPChG Bulgarian League for the Protection of the Rights of People and Citizens (Bulgarska liga za zashchita pravata na choveka i grazhdanina) 6 BNRP Bulgarian National-Radical Party (Bulgarska natsionalno-radikalna partiya) 7 BNS Bulgarian National Union (Bulgarski natsionalen suyuz) 8 BOPNS Bulgarian Fatherland Party - 'National Union' 9 BRMP Bulgarian Revolutionary Party of Youth (Bulgarska revolyutsionna mladezhka partiya) 10 BRSDP Bulgarian Workers' Social-democratic Party (Bulgarska rabotnicheska sotsialdemokraticheska partiya) 11 BRSP Bulgarian Worker-Rural Party (Bulgarska rabotnichesko-selska partiya) 12 BSPASEK Coalition of the Bulgarian Socialist Party, the Bulgarian National Agraria n Union 'Alexander Stamboliiski' and Ecoglasnost Political Club (Koalitsiya - BSP, BZNS 'Al. Stamboliiski' i PK 'Ekoglasnost') 13 BZNS, DP Popular Union of the Bulgarian Agrarian National Union and the Democratic Party (Naroden suyuz - BZNS, DP) 14 BZNS-TK Bulgarian Agrarian National Union Confederation - 'Turnovo Constitution' National Block (Konfederatsiya BZNS - Natsionalen blok 'Turnovska konstitutsiya') 15 DAR Democratic Alternative for the Republic' Political Union (Politicheski suyuz 'Demokratichna alternativa za republikata') 16 DGI -SDS Civic Initiative DGI -SDS Movement (Dvizhenie 'Grazhdanska initsiativa' DGI -SDS) 17 DNB Forward Bulgaria' Movement (Dvizhenie 'Napred Bulgariya) 18 DPB Democratic Party of Bulgaria (Demokraticheska partiya v Bulgariya) 19 DPS Movement for Rights and Freedoms (Dvizhenie za prava i svobodi) 20 DPSpr. Democratic Party of Justice (Demokraticheska partiya na spravedlivostta) 21 DPT Democratic Party of Labour (Demokratichna partiya na truda) 22 DZPBSSG Movement for the Protection of Pensioners, the Unemployed, and Underprivileged Citizens (Dvizhenie za zashchita na pensioneri, bezrabotni i sotsialno slabi grazhdani) 23 Ed. Unity Party (Partiya 'Edinenie') 24 Era-3 Era-3' Union of Democratic Parties and Movements (Suyuz na demokratichnite partii i dvizheniya 'Era - 3') 25 FPSB Front of Progressive Forces of Bulgaria (Front na progresivnite sili v Bulgariya) 26 FTsB Kingdom of Bulgaria Federation (Federatsiya Tsarstvo Bulgariya) 27 KhDS Christian-democratic Union (Khristiyandemokratichen suyuz) 28 KhRP Christian Republican Party (Khristiyan-republikanska partiya) 29 NDKDTsBKingdom of Bulgaria National Movement for Crowned Democracy (Natsionalno dvizhenie za koronovana demokratsiya 'Tsarstvo Bulgariya') 30 NKhS National-Christian Union (Natsional-Khristiyanski suyuz) 31 NLPSS Stefan Stambolov' Popular-liberal Party (Narodnoliberalna partiya 'Stefan Stambolov') 32 ONDO Alliance of the Nation - Movement of the Downtrodden (Obedinenie na natsiyata - dvizhenie na onepravdanite) 33 OS Alliance for Socialism (Obedinenie za sotsialisum) 34 OSBSSGB Organisation of Invalids and Underprivileged Citizens of Bulgaria (Organizatsiya na surdechno bolnite i sotsialno slabite grazhdani v Bulgariya) 35 PBO Bulgarian Eagle Party (Partiya 'Bulgarski orel') 36 PDP Party of Democratic Change (Partiya na demokratichnite promeni) 37 Preobr. Transfiguration Forum (Forum 'Preobrazhenie') 38 PS Patriotic Union (Patriotichen suyuz) 39 PSB Party of Proprietors of Bulgaria (Partiya na sobstvenitsite v Bulgariy a) 40 RPB Republican Party of Bulgaria (Republikanska partiya v Bulgariya) 41 SBG Union of Non-partisan Guarantors (Suyuz na bezpartiinite garanti) 42 SBO Union of Bulgarian Communities (Suyuz na bulgarskite obshchnosti ) 43 SDP Free Democratic Party (Svobodna demokraticheska partiya) 44 SDS Union of Democratic Forces (Suyuz na demokratichnite sili) 45 SKP Free Co-operative Party (Svobodna kooperativna partiya) 46 SMSTsB Kingdom of Bulgaria' Union of Monarchist Forces (Suyuz na monarchicheskite sili 'Tsarstvo Bulgariya') 47 SNI New Choice' Union (Suyuz 'Nov izbor') 48 SS Union of Justice (Suyuz Spravedlivost) 49 SSD Union of Free Democrats (Suyuz na svobodnite demokrati) VOTES number of valid votes won in constituency PVOTE percentage votes won in constituency SEATS number of seats won in constituency PSEATS percentage seats won in constituency VALID valid votes in constituency SEATSC seats to be allocated in constituency Bulgaria – 1997 Parliamentary elections CONST constituency 1 Blagoevgrad 2 Burgas 3 Varna 4 Veliko Turnovo 5 Vidin 6 Vratsa 7 Grabrovo 8 Dobrych 9 Kurdzhali 10 Kyustendil 11 Lovech 12 Montana 13 Pazardzhik 14 Pernik 15 Pleven 16 Plovdiv grad 17 Plovdivokrug 18 Razgrad 19 Ruse 20 Silistra 21 Sliven 22 Smolyan 23 Sofia 1 24 Sofia 2 25 Sofia 3 26 Sofia okrug 27 Stara Zagora 28 Turgovishche 29 Khaskovo
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