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Presidential election in Bulgaria
2001 Bulgarian presidential election Turnout 41.63% (first round), 54.92% (second round)
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, defeating incumbent president Petar Stoyanov . Voter turnout was 41.8% in the first round and 55.1% in the second.[2] Parvanov took office in 2002, becoming the first former communist to hold the post since 1990.
Opinion polls [ ]
First round [ ]
Results [ ]
Candidate Running mate Party First round Second round Votes % Votes % Georgi Parvanov Angel Marin Bulgarian Socialist Party 1,032,665 36.39 2,043,443 54.13 Petar Stoyanov Neli Kutskova United Democratic Forces 991,680 34.95 1,731,676 45.87 Bogomil Bonev Atanas Zhelezchev Independent 546,801 19.27 Reneta Indzhova Krastyu Ilov Independent (Movement for Rights and Freedoms ) 139,680 4.92 George Ganchev Veselin Bonchev George Ganchev's Bloc 95,481 3.36 Petar Beron Stoyan Andreev Independent 31,394 1.11 Total 2,837,701 100.00 3,775,119 100.00 Valid votes 2,837,701 99.56 3,775,119 99.76 Invalid/blank votes 12,590 0.44 8,914 0.24 Total votes 2,850,291 100.00 3,784,033 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 6,847,422 41.63 6,889,638 54.92 Source: President of Bulgaria Nohlen & Stöver
References [ ]
^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook , p369 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
^ Nohlen & Stöver, p389
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