Fatherland Front (Bulgaria)
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Fatherland Front Отечествен фронт | |
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Marxism-Leninism | |
Political position | Far-left |
Colours | Red |
Party flag | |
The Fatherland Front (
Axis powers. The OF government, headed by Kimon Georgiev of Zveno, signed a ceasefire treaty with the Soviet Union (28 October 1944). In the summer of 1945 most of BANU led by Nikola Petkov and most of the Social-Democrats had left the OF and became a large opposition group which later on after the 1946 Grand National Assembly election would become a coalition named "Federation of the village and urban labour" with 99 MPs out of 465.[1]
On November 18, 1945, the OF
leader of the communists. Bulgaria became a People's Republic on 15 September 1946 after a referendum. In 1948 and 1949 all the remaining parties in the OF save for the pro-communist wing of the BANU self-dissolved and merged into the BCP. The OF eventually transformed into a wide-ranging popular front
under overall Communist control.
From 1947 onward, the Fatherland Front was effectively the only legally permitted political organization in Bulgaria. Voters were presented with a single list from the Front at all elections from 1949 to 1986, with official figures showing well over 99 percent of voters approving the list. With the
fall of communism in Bulgaria
the Fatherland Front was dissolved in 1990.
Chairmen of the National Council
- Georgi Dimitrov (1942–1949)
- Valko Chervenkov (1949–1956)
- Encho Stajkov (1956–1967)
- Boyan Bulgaranov (1967–1972)
- Georgi Traikov(1972–1974)
- Pencho Kubadinski (1974–1989)
- Zhivko Zhivkov (1989–1990)
Members
Name |
Emblem | Ideology | Leader | Foundation | Seats in the National Assembly (1986) | |
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Bulgarian Communist Party Българска комунистическа партия Balgarska komunisticheska partiya |
Marxism-Leninism Stalinism (until 1956)
|
Todor Zhivkov (longest-serving) | 28 May 1919 | 276 / 400
| ||
Bulgarian Agrarian National Union Български земеделски народен съюз Bŭlgarski Zemedelski Naroden Sayuz |
Agrarian socialism |
Georgi Traykov (1947-1974) Petar Tanchev (1974-1989) | 30 December 1899 | 99 / 400
|
Electoral history
Grand National Assembly elections
Election | Votes | % | Seats | +/– |
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1949 | 4,588,996 | 100% | 241 / 241
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241 |
1953 | 4,981,594 | 99.8% | 249 / 249
|
8 |
1957 | 5,204,027 | 100% | 247 / 247
|
2 |
1962 | 5,461,224 | 100% | 321 / 321
|
74 |
1966 | 5,744,072 | 100% | 414 / 414
|
93 |
1971 | 6,154,082 | 100% | 400 / 400
|
14 |
1976 | 6,369,762 | 100% | 400 / 400
|
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1981 | 6,519,674 | 100% | 400 / 400
|
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1986 | 6,639,562 | 100% | 400 / 400
|
|
1990 | Only constituencies | 2 / 400
|
398 |
References
- ^ Бонева, Габриела (11 June 2019). "Опозицията и изборите за VI Велико народно събрание през 1946 г. – из опозиционната преса" [The opposition and the elections for the VI Great National Assembly in 1946 - through the opposition press]. Българска история (Bulgarian History) (in Bulgarian). Retrieved 25 January 2022.
- ^
Jessup, John E. (1989). A Chronology of Conflict and Resolution, 1945–1985. New York: ISBN 0-313-24308-5.