Parliamentary elections were held in Bulgaria on 22 April 1923. to elect members of the XX Ordinary National Assembly. The result was a victory for the ruling Bulgarian Agrarian National Union, which won 212 of the 245 seats. Voter turnout was 86%.
Following the election, much of the opposition became involved in the organization of a coup. Interior minister had called 5000 Orange Guards to Sofia in response, however early in the morning on 9 June 1923 the government was overthrown.
The People's Alliance, which had organized the coup alongside the , formed a government with the parties of the opposition Constitutional Bloc (ONPP, DP and RDP) as well as the NLP and the Broad Socialists. NLP's sole minister, , was later forced to resign under Socialist pressure. In the months that followed, BZNS leader Aleksandar Stamboliyski was murdered, many other BZNS members were imprisoned and the anti-government and September Uprising took place. The People's Alliance, ONPP, DP and RDP merged into the Democratic Alliance on 10 August and snap elections were scheduled for November.