1939 Bulgarian parliamentary election

← 1938 24 December 1939 (1939-12-24)–January 1940 (1940-01) 1945 →
All 160 seats in the National Assembly 81 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	67.2%
Party Leader % Seats Pro-government – 57.74 142 BKP Georgi Dimitrov 8.04 10 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Prime Minister before Prime Minister after Georgi Kyoseivanov Independent Georgi Kyoseivanov Independent

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Parliamentary elections were held in Bulgaria on 24 December 1939, although voting continued in some areas into January 1940.^[1] The elections were officially held on a non-partisan basis with the Bulgarian Agrarian National Union and Bulgarian Communist Party banned,^[2] and in a process tightly controlled by Tsar Boris III, by then the real power in the country.^[3] However, candidates representing parties did contest the elections.^[4] Pro-government candidates won a majority of seats.^[5] Voter turnout was 67.2%.^[6]

Results