2001 Bulgarian presidential election

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2001 Bulgarian presidential election
Flag of Bulgaria.svg
  1996 11 November 2001 (first round)
18 November 2001 (second round)
2006  
Turnout41.63% (first round) Decrease2.svg 21.51pp
54.92% (second round) Decrease2.svg 6.53pp
 
Georgi Parvanov.jpg
Petar Stoyanov 2006.jpg
Nominee Georgi Parvanov Petar Stoyanov
Party BSP ODS
Running mate Angel Marin Neli Kutskova  [ bg ]
Popular vote2,043,4431,731,676
Percentage54.13%45.87%

2006 Bulgarian presidential election second round Results.svg
Results by province
Parvanov:      50–60%     60–70%
Stoyanov:      50–60%     60–70%

President before election

Petar Stoyanov
ODS

Elected President

Georgi Parvanov
BSP

Presidential elections were held in Bulgaria on 11 November 2001, with a second round on 18 November. [1] The result was a victory for Georgi Parvanov of the Bulgarian Socialist Party, who won 54.0% of the vote in the second round, defeating incumbent president Petar Stoyanov. Voter turnout was 41.8% in the first round and 55.1% in the second. [2] Parvanov took office in 2002, becoming the first former communist to hold the post since 1990.

Contents

Opinion polls

First round

PollsterDate Stoyanov Bonev Parvanov Ganchev Indzhova Beron Others
Alpha Rissourch [ dead link ]20.09.2001341918330.522.5
Alpha Rissorch [ dead link ]21.10.200143.924.523.23.93.90.60

Results

CandidateRunning matePartyFirst roundSecond round
Votes%Votes%
Georgi Parvanov Angel Marin Bulgarian Socialist Party 1,032,66536.392,043,44354.13
Petar Stoyanov Neli Kutskova  [ bg ] United Democratic Forces 991,68034.951,731,67645.87
Bogomil Bonev Atanas Zhelezchev  [ bg ]Independent546,80119.27
Reneta Indzhova Krastyu IlovIndependent (Movement for Rights and Freedoms)139,6804.92
George Ganchev Veselin Bonchev George Ganchev's Bloc 95,4813.36
Petar Beron Stoyan Andreev  [ bg ]Independent31,3941.11
Total2,837,701100.003,775,119100.00
Valid votes2,837,70199.563,775,11999.76
Invalid/blank votes12,5900.448,9140.24
Total votes2,850,291100.003,784,033100.00
Registered voters/turnout6,847,42241.636,889,63854.92
Source: President of Bulgaria Nohlen & Stöver

References

  1. Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p369 ISBN   978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. Nohlen & Stöver, p389