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1927 Bulgarian parliamentary election

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Field	Value
map	Bulgaria 1927 legislative election.svg
country	Bulgaria
election_date	29 May 1927
previous_election	November 1923
next_election	1931
seats_for_election	All 273 seats in the National Assembly
majority_seats	137
turnout	84.27%
party1	DA–PLP	leader1 = Andrey Lyapchev
percentage1 = 45.27	seats1 = 174	last_election1 = 200
party2	Iron Bloc	leader2 =
Yanko Sakazov
Vasil Kolarov	percentage2 = 27.29	seats2 = 61	last_election2 = 38
party3	Triple Coalition	leader3 = Aleksandar Malinov
percentage3 = 16.63	seats3 = 26	last_election3 = 9
party4	Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization	leader4 =	percentage4 = 3.28	seats4 = 11	last_election4 = New
party5	NLP (united)	leader5 =	percentage5 = 1.61	seats5 = 1	last_election5 = New
title	Prime Minister
before_election	Andrey Lyapchev
before_party	Lyapchev I (DA)
after_election	Andrey Lyapchev
after_party	Lyapchev I (DA)

Yanko Sakazov Vasil Kolarov | percentage2 = 27.29 | seats2 = 61| last_election2 = 38

Parliamentary elections were held in Bulgaria on 29 May 1927 to elect members of the XXII Ordinary National Assembly. The result was a victory for the ruling Democratic Alliance, which ran alongside the restored People's Liberal Party. The coalition won 174 of the 273 seats. Voter turnout was 84.3%.

Results

Aftermath

The ruling Democratic Alliance won a majority by itself and Andrey Lyapchev remained Prime Minister. In May 1931 a faction of the NLP joined the government with two ministers.

In 1927 the government signed the , which regulated the real estate assets left behind by Bulgarians expelled from Greece and Greeks from Bulgaria after the First World War. In the aftermath of the 1928 earthquakes, the government secured a foreign loan, which, alongside the two years prior, helped stabilize the Bulgarian lev. The period between 1928 and 1931 was characterized by the increasing influence of tsar Boris III and growing ties to Fascist Italy, culminating in Boris' marriage to Giovanna of Savoy. Lyapchev, a Macedonian Bulgarian, took a hardline stance on the improvement of the conditions of Bulgarians in Macedonia, resulting in the closing of the Bulgarian-Yugoslavian border in 1929. The Great Depression in Bulgaria, usually seen as being ushered in by the bankruptcy of the in October 1929, had a strong effect on Bulgaria's mostly agricultural and light industry dominated economy. Production fell by over 30% in the first three years of the crisis, resulting in mass unemployment.

Notes

References

[[Dieter Nohlen]] & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p368 {{ISBN. 978-3-8329-5609-7
Nohlen & Stöver, p380
Tyulekov, Dimitar. The activity of the macedonian parliamentary group in the XXII and XXIII Ordinary National Assembly (1927-1934.), Makedonski pregled volume XXIV, 2001
(1929). "Statistical Yearbook of Bulgaria 1927.". [[National Statistical Institute (Bulgaria).
Kumanov, Milen. Political organizations and movements in Bulgaria and their leaders 1879-1949, Sofia 1991.
Avramov, Rumen. (2007). "Communal capitalism vol. II". Foundation Bulgarian science and culture / Center for liberal strategies.
Tsurakov, Angel. Encyclopedia of Governments, National Assemblies, and Assassinations in Bulgaria. Sofia, Trud Publishing House, 2008. ISBN 954-528-790-X, p. 160-168.

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