Bulgarian presidential election, 1996

Bulgarian presidential election, 1996
27 October 1996 (first round)
3 November 1996 (second round)
Turnout 63.3% (first round)
61.8% (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 59.7% 40.3%
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

Candidate Party First round Second round
Votes % Votes %
Petar StoyanovUnited Democratic Forces1,889,82544.12,502,51759.7
Ivan MarazovBulgarian Socialist Party1,158,20427.01,687,24240.3
George GanchevBulgarian Business Bloc937,68621.9
Aleksandar TomovIndependent135,5713.2
Hristo BoychevMovement for the Protection of Retired, Unemployed and Poor People57,6681.3
Vera IlievaBulgarian Communist Party34,0040.8
Slavomir TsankovUnion of Democratic Forces and Movements "Era 3"22,7240.5
Ivan StoyanovDemocratic Party in Bulgaria14,6590.3
Mincho MinchevPatriotic Party of Labour13,5670.3
Mitko DimitrovAlliance for the Preservation of Bulgaria's Wealth7,7930.2
Lyubomir StefanovAlternative Socialist Alliance6,0560.1
Dimitar MarkovskiFree Cooperative Party5,8230.1
Iliyan NikolovBulgarian National Ecological Party Veliko Tarnovo4,9200.1
Invalid/blank votes28,662–25,412–
Total4,317,1611004,215,145100
Source: Nohlen & Stöver, University of Essex

References

  1. ↑ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p369 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. ↑ Nohlen & Stöver, p388
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