Bulgarian presidential election, 2001

Bulgarian presidential election, 2001
11 November 2001 (first round)
18 November 2001 (second round)
Turnout 41.8% (1st round), 55.1% (2nd)

 
Nominee Georgi Parvanov Petar Stoyanov
Party BSP ODS
Running mate Angel Marin Neli Kutskova
Popular vote 2,043,443 1,731,676
Percentage 54.1% 45.9%
President before election

Petar Stoyanov
ODS

 Elected President

Georgi Parvanov
BSP

Presidential elections were held in Bulgaria on 11 November 2001, with a second round on 18 November.[1] The result was a victory for Georgi Parvanov of the Bulgarian Socialist Party, who won 54.0% of the vote in the second round. Voter turnout was 41.8% in the first round and 55.1% in the second.[2]

Opinion polls

First round

  Qualifying for the second round
Pollster Date Stoyanov Bonev Parvanov Ganchev Indzhova Beron Others
Alpha Rissourch 20.09.2001 34 19 18 3 3 0.5 22.5
Alpha Rissorch 21.10.2001 43.9 24.5 23.2 3.9 3.9 0.6 0

Results

Candidate Party First round Second round
Votes % Votes %
Georgi ParvanovBulgarian Socialist Party1,032,66536.42,043,44354.1
Petar StoyanovUnited Democratic Forces991,68034.91,731,67645.9
Bogomil BonevIndependent546,80119.3
Reneta IndzhovaIndependent supported by Movement for Rights and Freedoms139,6804.9
George GanchevGeorge Ganchev's Bloc95,4813.4
Petar BeronUnion for Bulgaria31,3941.1
Invalid/blank votes12,590–8,914–
Total2,850,2911003,784,033100
Source: President of Bulgaria, Nohlen & Stöver

References

  1. ↑ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p369 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. ↑ Nohlen & Stöver, p389
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