1996 Bulgarian presidential election

1996 Bulgarian presidential election
← 1992 27 October 1996 (first round)
3 November 1996 (second round)		 2001 →
Turnout63.14% (first round)
61.45% (second round)
 
Nominee Petar Stoyanov Ivan Marazov
Party ODS BSP
Running mate Todor Kavaldzhiev Irina Bokova
Popular vote 2,502,517 1,687,242
Percentage 59.73% 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] 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]

Results

CandidateRunning matePartyFirst roundSecond round
Votes%Votes%
Petar StoyanovTodor KavaldzhievUnited Democratic Forces1,889,82544.072,502,51759.73
Ivan MarazovIrina BokovaBulgarian Socialist Party1,158,20427.011,687,24240.27
George GanchevArlin AntonovBulgarian Business Bloc937,68621.87
Aleksandar TomovLudmil MarinchevskiIndependent135,5713.16
Hristo BoychevIvan KulekovMovement for the Protection of Retired Unemployed and Poor People57,6681.34
Vera IlievaIskra AtanasovaBulgarian Communist Party34,0040.79
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 KaraivanovAlternative Socialist Alliance6,0560.14
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