Parliamentary elections were held in

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on 13 October 1991. Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p369 They were the first elections held under the country's first post-communist constitution, which had been promulgated three months earlier. The result was a victory for the Union of Democratic Forces (SDS), which won 110 of the 240 seats. The Bulgarian Socialist Party, the successor to the

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, finished a close second with 106 seats. Voter turnout was 83.9%.Nohlen & Stöver, p382 Following the election, SDS leader

Philip Dimitrov Philip Dimitrov Dimitrov ( bg, Филип Димитров Димитров ) (born 31 March 1955) is a Bulgarian politician, Prime Minister of Bulgaria 1991 – 1992, MP in the 36th (1991 – 1994), 37th (1994 – 1997) and the 40th (2005 � ...

became Prime Minister, heading a coalition of the SDS and the Movement for Rights and Freedoms.

Results

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