Bulgaria

1992 Presidential Elections

Date: first round: 12 January; second round: 19 January
Number of
registered voters: first round: 6,817,914; second round:
Turnout: first round
: 75.39%; second round: 75.92%
Votes: first round: total cast: 5
,139,891; valid: 5,091,179; second round: total cast: 5,206,226; valid: 5,181,844

Candidates
(President and Vice President)

Party/ Nominated by First Round Second Round

Votes

% Votes

Votes

% Votes

Zhelyu Zhelev - Blaga Dimitrova UDF

2,273,541

44.66

2,738,416

52.85

Velko Valkanov - Rumen Vodenicarov initiative committee

1,549,970

30.40

2,430,434

47.15

Slavomir Tsankov-Mihail Milanov

Era 3

854,108

16.78

-
Zhorzh Ganchev-Petar Beron

BBB

113,897

2.24

Blagovest Sendov-Ognyan Saparev

initiative committee

50,247

0.90

17 Other Candidates .

249,364

.
TOTAL

5,091,127

100

5,181,844

100

LEGEND
BBB - Bulgarian Business Bloc

 

1996 Presidential Elections

Date: first round: 27 October; second round: 3 November
Number of
registered voters: first round: 6,837,737; second round: 6,746,056
Turnout: first round
: 63.14%; second round: 61.67%
Votes: first round: total cast: 4,317,161; valid: 4,288,499; second round: total cast: 4,215,145
[bulgaria on-line, supposedly official results] 3,358,998 [IFES Elections Today]; valid: 4,189,733/ 3,339,325 [same sources]

Candidates
(President and Vice President)

 

Party/ Nominated by

First Round Second Round

Votes

% Votes

Votes

% Votes

Petar Stoyanov - Todor Kavaldjiev United Democratic Forces

1,889,825

44.07

2,040,272 61.10
Ivan Marazov-Irina Bokova

Coalition "Together for Bulgaria"

1,158,204

27.01

1,299,233 38.90
Zhorzh Ganchev-Arlin Antonov

BBB

937,686

21.87

.
Aleksandar Tomov-Lyudmil Marinchevski

Initiative Committee

135,571

3.16

Hristo Boychev-Ivan Kulekov

Movement for the Protection of Retired, Unemployed and Poor People

5,247

1.34

Vera Ilieva - Iskra Atanasova Bulgarian Communist Party N/A 0.79
Slavomir Tsankov - Dobri Dobrev Union of Democratic Forces and Movements "Era 3" N/A 0.53
Ivan Stoyanov - Rumyana Yakimova Democratic Party in Bulgaria N/A 0.34
Mincho Minchev - Pencho Penchev Fatherland Party of Labour N/A 0.32
Mitko Dimitrov - Ignat Ignatov Alliance for the Preservation of Bulgaria's Wealth N/A 0.18
Lyubomir Stefanov - Parush Kaivanov Alternative Socialist Alliance N/A 0.14
Dimitar Markovski - Dimitrina Vuldzheva Free Cooperative Party N/A 0.14
Iliyan Nikolov - Sergey Nemtserov Bulgarian National Ecological Party Veliko Tarnovo N/A 0.11
TOTAL

4,288,499

100

4,189,733

100

LEGEND
BBB - Bulgarian Business Bloc

 

SOURCES:
Official results -Bulgaria On-line;
IFES - Elections Today 3.1. (Spring 1992)
http://www.omri.cz/elections/Bulgaria

 

 

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