Социалнополитическа характеристика на избирателите и депутатите в V велико народно събрание (1911 г.)
Socio-Political Characteristics of the Voters and the Deputies in the 5th Grand National Assembly

Summary/Abstract: The Fifth Grand national assembly is summoned almost three years after the proclamation of the independence of Bulgaria and its main aim is to legalize this act. The questions scrutinized by the assembly are important and that’s why the proportion of the political forces in the country is of a great significance, who votes and who goes into parliament. From the one side the sociological examination of the voters and the deputies in the 5th Grand national assembly gives possibility to show the political activity of the population in the given period, the influence of each party and its abilities and energy to organize and lead the pre-election campaign. From the other side, it is clearly settled who represents the people in the solution of such a question as the change of the main statute and law of the country. And as the majority of the assembly is from the ruling block, the taken decisions cover the main concepts of the two parties sharing the power (the People’s party and the Progressive-Liberal party). The opposition carries heavy discussions for the change of the constitution, but being minority, it cannot impose any of its concepts and does not reach success in the debates and in the voting. However the number of the votes given for the opposition is so big that if the electoral system was more precise (for example a proportional one), they could have much more representatives in the parliament and the results form the debates could have been different.

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