Bulgarian presidential election, 1996
Bulgarian presidential election, 1996
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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 Union of 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]
Results
| Candidate |
Party |
First round |
Second round |
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| Votes |
% |
Votes |
% |
| Petar Stoyanov | Union of 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 | |
| Aleksander 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 |
References
- ↑ Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p369 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
- ↑ Nohlen & Stöver, p388
