2006 Bulgarian presidential election

none December 2019 Bulgaria presidential 2001 Bulgarian presidential election 2001 2011 Bulgarian presidential election 2011 22 October 2006 (first round)29 October 2006 (second round) 44.11% (first round) 2.48pp42.62% (second round) 12.30pp Georgi S. Parvanov.jpg 120 110 150 0 0 Georgi Parvanov Bulgarian Socialist Party Angel Marin 2,050,488 75.95% Volen_Siderov_ATAKA.jpg 120 110 150 0 0 Volen Siderov Attack (political party) Pavel Shopov bg Павел Шопов 649,387 24.05% President Georgi Parvanov Bulgarian Socialist Party Georgi Parvanov Bulgarian Socialist Party Presidential elections were held in Bulgaria on 22 October 2006, as decided on 27 July 2006 by the Bulgarian Parliament.http://netinfo.bg/?tid=40&oid=914555 Netinfo На 22 октомври гласуваме за президент, реши парламентът 27 July 2006 22 October 2006 Darik.net The runoff took place on 29 October 2006, while the electoral campaign spanned 19 September – 20 October. At the election, Georgi Parvanov won his second and final term as President of Bulgaria. Some of the right-wing parties were disunited at the time but still chose to support a common candidate, Nedelcho Beronov. Prime minister and head of the Socialist Party Sergey Stanishev expressed his strong support for the current president, Georgi Parvanov, in July 2006,http://www.mediapool.bg/show/?storyid=119915 Mediapool Станишев: Победата на Първанов е важна за утвърждаване на кабинета 22 October 2006 28 July 2006 Yotova Boryana Bulgarian and Parvanov officially stated his desire to run for a second term on 25 August 2006.http://www.president.bg/news.php?id=2683&st=0 President.bg Инициативен комитет издигна кандидатурата на Георги Първанов за втори президентски мандат Bulgarian 25 August 2006 22 October 2006 He was also backed by the other two members of the then ruling Triple coalition – NDSV and DPS. In the first round, incumbent Georgi Parvanov received 64% of the vote, ahead of nationalist leader Volen Siderov who came second with 21.5%.http://www.izbori2006.org/results_1/ Elections 2006: Final results for the country according to the Central Electoral Commission for the President and Vice President Elections Bulgarian 24 October 2006 Izbori2006.org dead https://web.archive.org/web/20061126044027/http://www.izbori2006.org/results_1/ 26 November 2006 However, Parvanov was forced into a runoff with Siderov, as Bulgarian law requires a turnout of 50% for a president to be elected in the first round.Bulgaria's Parvanov wins 1st round presidential poll http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=worldNews&storyID=2006-10-22T171346Z_01_L22677436_RTRUKOC_0_US-BULGARIA-ELECTION.xml&pageNumber=0&imageid=&cap=&sz=13&WTModLoc=NewsArt-C1-ArticlePage2 Reuters 22 October 2006 22 October 2006 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20070331061726/http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=worldNews 31 March 2007 Turnout for the first round was 44%. The defeated right-wing forces called for abstention, while some far-left formationsDecember 2013 expressed their support for Siderov. The second round saw Parvanov win a decisive victory with 75.9% as opposed to Siderov's 24.1%,http://www.izbori2006.org/results_2/ Elections 2006: Final results for the country according to the Central Electoral Commission for the President and Vice President Elections Bulgarian 30 October 2006 Izbori2006.org dead https://web.archive.org/web/20070108150458/http://www.izbori2006.org/results_2/ 8 January 2007 meaning that Parvanov became the first person to be democratically re-elected as President of Bulgaria.Zhelyu Zhelev, although having served two terms, was elected as a president not by popular vote, but by the National Assembly for his first term. Second round turnout was 43%. Results Georgi Parvanov Angel Marin Bulgarian Socialist Party 1780119 2050488 Volen Siderov Pavel Shopov bg Павел Шопов Attack 597175 649387 Nedelcho Beronov Yuliana Nikolova Union of Democratic Forces 271078 Georgi Markov (politician) bg Георги Марков (политик) Georgi Markov Maria Ivanova Order, Law and Justice 75478 Petar Beron Stela Bankova Independent 21812 Grigor Velev bg Григор Велев Iordan Mutafchev Аll in One Bulgaria 19857 Lyuben Petrov bg Любен Петров Neli Topalova Independent 13854 77374 57560 6477126 6469224 Electoral Commission of Bulgaria See also President of Bulgaria Politics of Bulgaria References and notes External links bg Izbori2006.org – official Central Electoral Commission website for the election bg Focus News' Elections 2006 section Category:Presidential elections in Bulgaria Bulgaria Presidential election Bulgaria