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Turnout | 63.14% (first round) 61.45% (second round) | |||||||||||||||||||
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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]
Candidate | Running mate | Party | First round | Second round | |||
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Votes | % | Votes | % | ||||
Petar Stoyanov | Todor Kavaldzhiev | United Democratic Forces | 1,889,825 | 44.07 | 2,502,517 | 59.73 | |
Ivan Marazov | Irina Bokova | Bulgarian Socialist Party | 1,158,204 | 27.01 | 1,687,242 | 40.27 | |
George Ganchev | Arlin Antonov | Bulgarian Business Bloc | 937,686 | 21.87 | |||
Aleksandar Tomov | Ludmil Marinchevski | Independent | 135,571 | 3.16 | |||
Hristo Boychev | Ivan Kulekov | Movement for the Protection of Retired Unemployed and Poor People | 57,668 | 1.34 | |||
Vera Ilieva | Iskra Atanasova | Bulgarian Communist Party | 34,004 | 0.79 | |||
Slavomir Tsankov | Dobri Dobrev | Union of Democratic Forces and Movements "Era 3" | 22,724 | 0.53 | |||
Ivan Stoyanov | Rumyana Yakimova | Democratic Party in Bulgaria | 14,659 | 0.34 | |||
Mincho Minchev | Pencho Penchev | Patriotic Party of Labour | 13,567 | 0.32 | |||
Mitko Dimitrov | Ignat Ignatov | Alliance for the Preservation of Bulgaria's Wealth | 7,793 | 0.18 | |||
Lyubomir Stefanov | Parush Karaivanov | Alternative Socialist Alliance | 6,056 | 0.14 | |||
Dimitar Markovski | Dimitrina Vuldzhieva | Free Cooperative Party | 5,823 | 0.14 | |||
Iliyan Nikolov | Sergey Nemtserov | Bulgarian National Ecological Party | 4,920 | 0.11 | |||
Total | 4,288,500 | 100.00 | 4,189,759 | 100.00 | |||
Valid votes | 4,288,500 | 99.33 | 4,189,759 | 99.40 | |||
Invalid/blank votes | 28,908 | 0.67 | 25,416 | 0.60 | |||
Total votes | 4,317,408 | 100.00 | 4,215,175 | 100.00 | |||
Registered voters/turnout | 6,837,737 | 63.14 | 6,859,318 | 61.45 | |||
Source: President of Bulgaria |