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| Turnout | 84.80% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Parliamentary elections were held inBulgaria on 18 November 1945,[1] the country's first to featureuniversal suffrage for women.[2] TheBulgarian Agrarian National Union and theBulgarian Communist Party both won 94 seats.[3] Voter turnout was 84.8%.[4]
For the first time, women could stand as candidates, withStoyanka Ancheva,Ekaterina Avramova,Tsola Dragoycheva,Stanka Ivanova,Tsvetana Keranova [bg],Elena Ketskarova,Mara Kinkel,Venera Klincharova,Vyara Makedonska,Stefana Markova,Ekaterina Nikolova,Rada Todorova,Mata Tyurkedzhieva,Maria Toteva andVera Zlatareva becoming the first women in the National Assembly.[5]
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| Party | Votes | % | Seats | |
| Bulgarian Communist Party | 3,005,983 | 88.14 | 94 | |
| Bulgarian Agrarian National Union | 94 | |||
| Zveno | 45 | |||
| Bulgarian Social Democratic Workers' Party (Broad Socialists) | 31 | |||
| Radical Democratic Party | 11 | |||
| Opposition candidates | 404,482 | 11.86 | 1 | |
| Total | 3,410,465 | 100.00 | 276 | |
| Valid votes | 3,410,465 | 88.23 | ||
| Invalid/blank votes | 455,000 | 11.77 | ||
| Total votes | 3,865,465 | 100.00 | ||
| Registered voters/turnout | 4,558,332 | 84.80 | ||
| Source: Nohlen & Stöver | ||||
