1996 Bulgarian presidential election

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1996 Bulgarian presidential election
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  1992 27 October 1996 (first round)
3 November 1996 (second round)
2001  
Turnout63.14% (first round)
61.45% (second round)
  Petar Stoyanov 2006.jpg
Nominee Petar Stoyanov Ivan Marazov
Party ODS BSP
Running mate Todor Kavaldzhiev Irina Bokova
Popular vote2,502,5171,687,242
Percentage59.73%40.27%

President before election

Zhelyu Zhelev
SDS

Elected President

Petar Stoyanov
ODS

Presidential elections were held in Bulgaria on 27 October 1996, with a second round on 3 November. [1] A presidential primary was held earlier in 1996, which resulted in Petar Stoyanov of the United Democratic Forces being selected as the candidate of the three largest opposition parties. He won with 59.7% of the vote in the second round. Voter turnout was 63.3% in the first round and 61.8% in the second. [2]

Results

CandidateRunning matePartyFirst roundSecond round
Votes%Votes%
Petar Stoyanov Todor Kavaldzhiev United Democratic Forces 1,889,82544.072,502,51759.73
Ivan Marazov Irina Bokova Bulgarian Socialist Party 1,158,20427.011,687,24240.27
George Ganchev Arlin Antonov Bulgarian Business Bloc 937,68621.87
Aleksandar Tomov Ludmil MarinchevskiIndependent135,5713.16
Hristo Boychev Ivan KulekovMovement for the Protection of Retired Unemployed and Poor People57,6681.34
Vera IlievaIskra Atanasova Bulgarian Communist Party 34,0040.79
Slavomir TsankovDobri DobrevUnion of Democratic Forces and Movements "Era 3"22,7240.53
Ivan StoyanovRumyana YakimovaDemocratic Party in Bulgaria14,6590.34
Mincho MinchevPencho PenchevPatriotic Party of Labour13,5670.32
Mitko DimitrovIgnat IgnatovAlliance for the Preservation of Bulgaria's Wealth7,7930.18
Lyubomir StefanovParush Karaivanov Alternative Socialist Alliance 6,0560.14
Dimitar MarkovskiDimitrina VuldzhievaFree Cooperative Party5,8230.14
Iliyan NikolovSergey NemtserovBulgarian National Ecological Party4,9200.11
Total4,288,500100.004,189,759100.00
Valid votes4,288,50099.334,189,75999.40
Invalid/blank votes28,9080.6725,4160.60
Total votes4,317,408100.004,215,175100.00
Registered voters/turnout6,837,73763.146,859,31861.45
Source: President of Bulgaria

References

  1. Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p369 ISBN   978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. Nohlen & Stöver, p388