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Presidential elections were held in Bulgaria on 27 October 1996, with a second round on 3 November. [1] The result was a victory for Petar Stoyanov of the United Democratic Forces, who won 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]
Bulgaria, officially the Republic of Bulgaria, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is bordered by Romania to the north, Serbia and North Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, and the Black Sea to the east. The capital and largest city is Sofia; other major cities are Plovdiv, Varna and Burgas. With a territory of 110,994 square kilometres (42,855 sq mi), Bulgaria is Europe's 16th-largest country.
Petër Stefanov Stojanov is a Bulgarian politician who was President of Bulgaria from 1997 to 2002. He was elected as a candidate of the Union of Democratic Forces (UDF). He did not succeed in the next presidential elections and after leaving office refrained from politics for a while, but, later became an MP in 2005 and was Chairman of UDF from 1 October 2005 to 22 May 2007.
The United Democratic Forces were a center-right electoral alliance in Bulgaria, led by the Union of Democratic Forces.
Candidate | Party | First round | Second round | ||
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Votes | % | Votes | % | ||
Petar Stoyanov | United Democratic Forces | 1,889,825 | 44.1 | 2,502,517 | 59.7 |
Ivan Marazov | Bulgarian Socialist Party | 1,158,204 | 27.0 | 1,687,242 | 40.3 |
George Ganchev | Bulgarian Business Bloc | 937,686 | 21.9 | ||
Aleksandar Tomov | Independent | 135,571 | 3.2 | ||
Hristo Boychev | Movement for the Protection of Retired, Unemployed and Poor People | 57,668 | 1.3 | ||
Vera Ilieva | Bulgarian Communist Party | 34,004 | 0.8 | ||
Slavomir Tsankov | Union of Democratic Forces and Movements "Era 3" | 22,724 | 0.5 | ||
Ivan Stoyanov | Democratic Party in Bulgaria | 14,659 | 0.3 | ||
Mincho Minchev | Patriotic Party of Labour | 13,567 | 0.3 | ||
Mitko Dimitrov | Alliance for the Preservation of Bulgaria's Wealth | 7,793 | 0.2 | ||
Lyubomir Stefanov | Alternative Socialist Alliance | 6,056 | 0.1 | ||
Dimitar Markovski | Free Cooperative Party | 5,823 | 0.1 | ||
Iliyan Nikolov | Bulgarian National Ecological Party Veliko Tarnovo | 4,920 | 0.1 | ||
Invalid/blank votes | 28,662 | – | 25,412 | – | |
Total | 4,317,161 | 100 | 4,215,145 | 100 | |
Source: Nohlen & Stöver, University of Essex |
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