Bulgarian presidential election, 2001

Bulgarian presidential election, 2001

11 November and 18 November 2001

Turnout 41.8% (1st round), 55.1% (2nd)   Nominee Georgi Parvanov Petar Stoyanov Party BSP Independent Alliance SDS Running mate Angel Marin Neli Kutskova Popular vote 2,043,443 1,731,676 Percentage 54.1% 45.9%

President before election Petar Stoyanov SDS Elected President Georgi Parvanov BSP

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. Voter turnout was 41.8% in the first round and 55.1% in the second.^[2]

Results

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	Independent	546,801	19.3
Reneta Indzhova	Movement for Rights and Freedoms	139,680	4.9
George Ganchev	George Ganchev's Bloc	95,481	3.4
Petar Beron	Union for Bulgaria	31,394	1.1
Invalid/blank votes		12,590	–	8,914	–
Total		2,850,291	100	3,784,033	100
Source: President of Bulgaria, Nohlen & Stöver

References

1. Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p369 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
2. Nohlen & Stöver, p389