Parliamentary elections were held in Bulgaria on 17 August 1919Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p368 to elect members of the XVIII Ordinary National Assembly. The result was a victory for the Bulgarian Agrarian National Union, which won 77 of the 236 seats. Voter turnout was 55%.Nohlen & Stöver, p379
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Aftermath BZNS formed a coalition government with the People's Party and the Progressive Liberal party. The government signed the Treaty of Neuilly. During its term several ministers from the government of Vasil Radoslavov were imprisoned, due to their involvement in Bulgaria's entry into WW1. Following a mass national transport workers' strike, Prime Minister Stamboliyski requested the tsar schedule early elections, in the hopes of achieving an outright majority in the Assembly.Kumanov, Milen. Political organizations and movements in Bulgaria and their leaders 1879-1949, Sofia 1991.Tsurakov, Angel. Encyclopedia of Governments, National Assemblies, and Assassinations in Bulgaria. Sofia, Trud Publishing House, 2008. ISBN 954-528-790-X, p. 138-146.
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