1996 Bulgarian presidential election

Presidential election in Bulgaria 1996 Bulgarian presidential election Bulgaria presidential no 1992 Bulgarian presidential election 1992 2001 Bulgarian presidential election 2001 27 October 1996 (first round)3 November 1996 (second round) 63.14% (first round)61.45% (second round) Petar Stoyanov 2006.jpg Petar Stoyanov United Democratic Forces Todor Kavaldzhiev 2,502,517 59.73% Ivan Marazov Bulgarian Socialist Party Irina Bokova 1,687,242 40.27% President Zhelyu Zhelev Union of Democratic Forces (Bulgaria) Petar Stoyanov United Democratic Forces Presidential elections were held in Bulgaria on 27 October 1996, with a second round on 3 November.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p369 978-3-8329-5609-7 A presidential primary was held earlier in 1996, which resulted in Petar Stoyanov of the United Democratic Forces being selected as the candidate of the three largest opposition parties. He won with 59.7% of the vote in the second round. Voter turnout was 63.3% in the first round and 61.8% in the second.Nohlen & Stöver, p388 Results Petar Stoyanov Todor Kavaldzhiev United Democratic Forces 1889825 2502517 Ivan Marazov Irina Bokova Bulgarian Socialist Party 1158204 1687242 George Ganchev Arlin Antonov Bulgarian Business Bloc 937686 Aleksandar Tomov Ludmil Marinchevski Independent 135571 Hristo Boychev Ivan Kulekov Movement for the Protection of Retired Unemployed and Poor People 57668 Vera Ilieva Iskra Atanasova Bulgarian Communist Party 34004 Slavomir Tsankov Dobri Dobrev Union of Democratic Forces and Movements "Era 3" 22724 Ivan Stoyanov Rumyana Yakimova Democratic Party in Bulgaria 14659 Mincho Minchev Pencho Penchev Patriotic Party of Labour 13567 Mitko Dimitrov Ignat Ignatov Alliance for the Preservation of Bulgaria's Wealth 7793 Lyubomir Stefanov Parush Karaivanov Alternative Socialist Alliance 6056 Dimitar Markovski Dimitrina Vuldzhieva Free Cooperative Party 5823 Iliyan Nikolov Sergey Nemtserov Bulgarian National Ecological Party 4920 28908 25416 6837737 6859318 President of Bulgaria References Bulgaria President Category:Presidential elections in Bulgaria Category:October 1996 in Europe Category:November 1996 in Europe