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Direct presidential elections were held for the first time in Bulgaria on 12 January 1992, with a second round on 19 January. [1] The result was a victory for incumbent President Zhelyu Zhelev of the Union of Democratic Forces, who won 52.8% of the vote in the second round. Voter turnout was 75.4% in the first round and 75.9% in the second. [2] Zhelev had originally been elected as President by the Grand National Assembly in 1990.
| Candidate | Running mate | Party | First round | Second round | |||
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| Votes | % | Votes | % | ||||
| Zhelyu Zhelev | Blaga Dimitrova | Union of Democratic Forces | 2,273,541 | 44.66 | 2,738,420 | 52.85 | |
| Velko Valkanov | Rumen Vodenicharov | Independent (Bulgarian Socialist Party) | 1,549,970 | 30.44 | 2,443,434 | 47.15 | |
| George Ganchev | Petar Beron | Bulgarian Business Bloc | 854,108 | 16.78 | |||
| Blagovest Sendov | Ognyan Saparev | Independent | 113,897 | 2.24 | |||
| Slavomir Tsankov | Mikhail Milanov | Union of Democratic Parties and Movements "Era 3" | 50,247 | 0.99 | |||
| Dimitar Popov | Hristo Genchev | Bulgarian National Democratic Party | 32,606 | 0.64 | |||
| Anton Donchev | Nikolai Shkutov | Movement "Voice for Non-Party President" | 31,798 | 0.62 | |||
| Asen Mladenov | Ivan Georgiev | Bulgarian Communist Party | 29,646 | 0.58 | |||
| Peter Gogov | Bogdan Yotsov | Independent Democratic Party | 21,302 | 0.42 | |||
| Ivan Georgiev | Ivan Kisimov | Bulgarian National Radical Party | 19,495 | 0.38 | |||
| Siyka Georgieva | Stancho Mitev | Transfiguration Political Forum | 17,150 | 0.34 | |||
| Peter Manolov | Emilia Savova | Non-Partisan Democracy Movement | 14,023 | 0.28 | |||
| Kirill Borisov | Milan Tonev | Liberal Party - Pernik | 11,227 | 0.22 | |||
| Yolo Denev | Georgi Statkov | Bulgarian Democratic Party | 10,769 | 0.21 | |||
| Ivan Ivanov | Petar Dimitrov | Bulgarian National Union – New Democracy | 10,099 | 0.20 | |||
| Krum Krumov-Kumanov | Vencheslav Georgiev | Pre-Election Union for National Salvation | 10,266 | 0.20 | |||
| Stoyan Tsankov | Ivan Stoyanov | Democratic Party in Bulgaria | 9,888 | 0.19 | |||
| Dimitar Dimitrov | Velcho Velev | Free Democratic Party | 8,620 | 0.17 | |||
| Dimitar Markovski | Dimitar Savov | Free Cooperative Party | 8,360 | 0.16 | |||
| Pravdolyub Kozhukharov | Simeon Yanulev | Bulgarian Workers and Peasants Party | 7,808 | 0.15 | |||
| Todor Pashaliyski | Velin Iliev | Christian Radical Party | 6,307 | 0.12 | |||
| Total | 5,091,127 | 100.00 | 5,181,854 | 100.00 | |||
| Valid votes | 5,091,127 | 99.05 | 5,181,854 | 99.53 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 48,713 | 0.95 | 24,388 | 0.47 | |||
| Total votes | 5,139,840 | 100.00 | 5,206,242 | 100.00 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 6,817,914 | 75.39 | 6,859,318 | 75.90 | |||
| Source: President of Bulgaria | |||||||
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