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1899 Bulgarian parliamentary election

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Field	Value
country	Bulgaria
flag_year	1899
previous_election	1896
next_election	1901
seats_for_election	All 169 seats in the National Assembly
majority_seats	85
election_date	25 April 1899
nopercentage	yes
party1	United Liberals (LP-NLP)	seats1=119	leader1=Vasil Radoslavov
Dimitar Petkov	color1=#800000	last_election1=10
party2	Other Liberals	seats2=15	leader2=–	last_election2=0
party3	Karavelist Liberals	seats3=10	leader3=Petko Karavelov	last_election3=2
party4	Tsankovist Liberals	seats4=10	leader4=Stoyan Danev	last_election4=1
party5	Socialists	seats5=4	leader5=Yanko Sakazov
Dimitar Blagoev	last_election5=2
party6	People's Party	seats6=2	leader6=Konstantin Stoilov	last_election6=150
party7	Russophiles	party7_link = no	seats7=2	leader7=–	last_election7=0
party8	Unionists	seats8=1	leader8=Konstantin Velichkov	last_election8=0
party9	Conservatives	seats9=1	leader9=–	last_election9=0
party10	Independents	seats10=5	leader10=–	last_election10=0
title	Prime Minister
before_election	Dimitar Grekov
before_party	Grekov (Ind. + Radoslavists)
after_election	Dimitar Grekov
after_party	Grekov (Ind. + Radoslavists)

Dimitar Petkov|color1=#800000|last_election1=10 Dimitar Blagoev|last_election5=2

Parliamentary elections were held in Bulgaria on 25 April 1899 to elect members of the X Ordinary National Assembly. The result was a victory for the ruling United Liberals, which won 119 of the 169 seats. Voter turnout was 49%.

Results

The initial results were approximately: 90 United Liberals, 20 Karavelist Liberals, 30 Tsankovists, Populists and Unionists, 5 Socialists and 5 others. Several MPs were elected in more than one constituency and were required to choose which one to represent when the Assembly convened, resulting in 17 of the 169 seats being vacant. A further 21 seats were annulled and two MPs died. Snap elections were held on 19 September and 5 December 1899.

Aftermath

Grekov's government continued its term, however there was a power struggle between the Radoslavists and Stambolovists within the newly united Liberal Party. After by-elections were held, the Radoslavists had a majority on their own and Grekov was forced to resign. He refounded the People's Liberal Party, which he led until his death in 1901. Radoslavist Todor Ivanchov succeeded him as PM in October 1899.

In order to address the ongoing economic crisis, the Grekov and Ivanchov governments privatized the railroad stations in Southern Bulgaria, decreased pensions and salaries and the reintroduced the tithe, with the latter resulting in mass peasant unrest and the founding of BZNS as a political party. The police forces under Radoslavov's Interior ministry brutally suppressed the riots. The assassination of Ștefan Mihăileanu by the VMOK resulted in a diplomatic crisis with Romania. In November 1900 Ivanchov resigned after a crisis in the ruling party. He remained as the leader of an interim government, however he resigned again after a conflict with interior minister Racho Petrov, who succeeded him as interim PM. Ivanchov, Radoslavov and were later arrested for corruption and constitutional violations during their terms as ministers, by the in 1903.

Notes

References

[[Dieter Nohlen]] & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p368 {{ISBN. 978-3-8329-5609-7
Nohlen & Stöver, p377
"Information notice", ''[[Democratic Party (Bulgaria). Pryaporets newspaper]]'', 29 April 1899
Tsurakov, Angel. Encyclopedia of Governments, National Assemblies, and Assassinations in Bulgaria. Sofia, Trud Publishing House, 2008. ISBN 954-528-790-X, p. 67-73.
Kumanov, Milen. Political organizations and movements in Bulgaria and their leaders 1879-1949, Sofia 1991.

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