Bulgarian presidential election, 1992
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12 January 1992 (first round) 19 January 1992 (second round) |
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Turnout |
75.4% (first round) 75.9% (second round) |
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Presidential elections were held for the first time in Bulgaria on 12 January 1992, with a second round on 19 January.[1] The result was a victory for Zhelyu Zhelev of the Union of Democratic Forces, who won 52.8% of the vote in the second round. Voter turnout was 75.4% in the first round and 75.9% in the second.[2]
Results
Candidate |
Party |
First round |
Second round |
Votes |
% |
Votes |
% |
Zhelyu Zhelev | Union of Democratic Forces | 2,261,913 | 44.4 | 2,738,436 | 52.8 |
Velko Valkanov | Independent[lower-alpha 1] | 1,546,843 | 30.4 | 2,443,435 | 47.2 |
George Ganchev | Bulgarian Business Bloc | 853,044 | 16.8 | |
Blagovest Sendov | Independent | 113,897 | 2.2 |
Slavomir Tsankov | Union of Democratic Parties and Movements Era 3 | 50,247 | 0.9 |
Dimitar Popov | Bulgarian National Democratic Party | 32,606 | 0.6 |
Aнтон Дончев | Movement "Voice for Non-Party President" | 31,798 | 0.6 |
Other candidates | 200,831 | 4.1 |
Invalid/blank votes | 48,712 | – | 24,382 | – |
Total | 5,139,891 | 100 | 5,206,253 | 100 |
Source: Nohlen & Stöver |
References
- ↑ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p369
ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
- 1 2 Nohlen & Stöver, p388