Presidential Election
Presidential elections are held since 1992. The last were held in 2011.
| Candidate | Party | First round | Second round | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Votes | % | ||
| Rosen Plevneliev | Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria | 1,349,380 | 40.11 | 1,698,136 | 52.58 |
| Ivaylo Kalfin | Bulgarian Socialist Party | 974,300 | 28.96 | 1,531,193 | 47.42 |
| Meglena Kuneva | Initiative committee | 470,808 | 14.00 | ||
| Volen Siderov | Attack | 122,466 | 3.64 | ||
| Stefan Solakov | National Front for Salvation of Bulgaria | 84,205 | 2.50 | ||
| Rumen Hristov | Union of Democratic Forces | 65,761 | 1.95 | ||
| Atanas Semov | Order, Law and Justice | 61,797 | 1.84 | ||
| Svetoslav Vitkov | Initiative committee | 54,125 | 1.61 | ||
| Sali Ibrayim | National Movement Unity | 41,837 | 1.24 | ||
| Krasimir Karakachanov | IMRO – Bulgarian National Movement | 33,236 | 0.99 | ||
| Aleksey Petrov | Initiative committee | 31,613 | 0.94 | ||
| Maria Kapon | United People's Party | 30,665 | 0.91 | ||
| Nikolay Nenchev | Bulgarian Agrarian National Union | 9,827 | 0.29 | ||
| Pavel Chernev | Party for the People of the Nation | 8,081 | 0.24 | ||
| Ventsislav Yosifov | Initiative committee | 7,021 | 0.21 | ||
| Dimitar Kutsarov | Initiative committee | 6,989 | 0.21 | ||
| Andrey Chorbanov | Bulgarian Democratic Unity | 6,340 | 0.19 | ||
| Nikolay Vasilev | Initiative committee | 5,633 | 0.17 | ||
| Total valid votes | 3,364,084 | 100 | 3,229,329 | 100 | |
| Invalid/blank votes | 229,844 | 6.40 | 104,837 | 3.14 | |
| Votes cast | 3,593,928 | 100 | 3,334,166 | 100 | |
| Registered voters/turnout | 6,873,589 | 52.29 | 6,910,491 | 48.25 | |
| Source: Electoral Commission of Bulgaria | |||||
| Candidate | Party | First round | Second round | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Votes | % | ||
| Georgi Parvanov | Bulgarian Socialist Party | 1,780,119 | 64.047% | 2,050,488 | 75.948% |
| Volen Siderov | Attack | 597,175 | 21.486% | 649,387 | 24.052% |
| Nedelcho Beronov | Union of Democratic Forces | 271,078 | 9.753% | ||
| Georgi Markov | Order, Law and Justice | 75,478 | 2.716% | ||
| Petar Beron | Initiative committee | 21,812 | 0.785% | ||
| Grigor Velev | Аll in one Bulgaria | 19,857 | 0.714% | ||
| Lyuben Petrov | Initiative committee | 13,854 | 0.498% | ||
| Total / turnout | 2,856,734 (44.3%) | 100.000% | 2,757,441 (42.8%) | 100.000% | |
| Candidate | Party | First round | Second round | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Votes | % | ||
| Georgi Parvanov | Bulgarian Socialist Party | 1,032,665 | 36.4% | 2,043,443 | 54.1% |
| Petar Stoyanov | Union of Democratic Forces | 991,680 | 34.9% | 1,731,676 | 45.9% |
| Bogomil Bonev | Citizens' Party of Bulgaria | 546,801 | 19.3% | ||
| Reneta Indzhova | Democratic Alliance | 139,680 | 4.9% | ||
| George Ganchev | Bulgarian Business Block | 95,481 | 3.4% | ||
| Petar Beron | Union for Bulgaria | 31,394 | 1.1% | ||
| Total valid votes / turnout | 2,850,297 (41.6%) | 100.0% | 3,784,036 (54.9%) | 100.0% | |
| Source: President of Bulgaria and Demetra/BAN | |||||
Summary of the 1996 Bulgarian presidential election results:
| Candidate | Party | First round | Second round | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 (63.3%) | 100 | 4,215,145 (61.8%) | 100 | |
| Source: Nohlen & Stöver, University of Essex | |||||
Summary of the 1992 Bulgarian presidential election 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 | Bulgarian Socialist Party | 1,546,843 | 30.4 | 2,443,435 | 47.2 |
| George Ganchev | Bulgarian Business Bloc | 853,044 | 16.8 | ||
| Blagovest Sendov-Ognyan Saparev | Independent | 113,897 | 2.2 | ||
| Other candidates | 315,482 | 6.2 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 48,712 | – | 24,382 | – | |
| Total | 5,139,891 (75.4%) | 100 | 5,206,253 (75.2%) | 100 | |
| Source: Nohlen & Stöver | |||||
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