2006 Bulgarian presidential election
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Turnout | 44.11% (first round), 42.62% (second) | |||||||||||||||||||
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Presidential elections were held in
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
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%.[4] 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.[5] Turnout for the first round was 42.51%.[6]
The defeated far-left formations[citation needed
] expressed their support for Siderov.
The second round saw Parvanov win a decisive victory with 75.9% as opposed to Siderov's 24.1%,[7] meaning that Parvanov became the first person to be democratically re-elected as President of Bulgaria.[8] The turnout was 41.21%.[6]
Results
Candidate | Running mate | Party | First round | Second round | |||
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Votes | % | Votes | % | ||||
Georgi Parvanov | Angel Marin | Bulgarian Socialist Party | 1,780,119 | 64.05 | 2,050,488 | 75.95 | |
Volen Siderov | Pavel Shopov | Attack | 597,175 | 21.49 | 649,387 | 24.05 | |
Nedelcho Beronov | Yuliana Nikolova | Union of Democratic Forces | 271,078 | 9.75 | |||
Georgi Markov | Maria Ivanova | Order, Law and Justice | 75,478 | 2.72 | |||
Petar Beron | Stela Bankova | Independent | 21,812 | 0.78 | |||
Grigor Velev | Iordan Mutafchev | Аll in One Bulgaria | 19,857 | 0.71 | |||
Lyuben Petrov | Neli Topalova | Independent | 13,854 | 0.50 | |||
Total | 2,779,373 | 100.00 | 2,699,875 | 100.00 | |||
Valid votes | 2,779,373 | 97.29 | 2,699,875 | 97.91 | |||
Invalid/blank votes | 77,374 | 2.71 | 57,560 | 2.09 | |||
Total votes | 2,856,747 | 100.00 | 2,757,435 | 100.00 | |||
Registered voters/turnout | 6,477,126 | 44.11 | 6,469,224 | 42.62 | |||
Source: Electoral Commission of Bulgaria |
See also
References and notes
- ^ Darik.net (27 July 2006). "На 22 октомври гласуваме за президент, реши парламентът". Netinfo. Retrieved 22 October 2006.
- ^ Yotova, Boryana (28 July 2006). "Станишев: Победата на Първанов е важна за утвърждаване на кабинета" (in Bulgarian). Mediapool. Retrieved 22 October 2006.
- ^ "Инициативен комитет издигна кандидатурата на Георги Първанов за втори президентски мандат" (in Bulgarian). President.bg. 25 August 2006. Retrieved 22 October 2006.
- ^ "Elections 2006: Final results for the country according to the Central Electoral Commission for the President and Vice President Elections" (in Bulgarian). Izbori2006.org. Archived from the original on 26 November 2006. Retrieved 24 October 2006.
- ^ "Bulgaria's Parvanov wins 1st round presidential poll". Reuters. 22 October 2006. Archived from the original on 31 March 2007. Retrieved 22 October 2006.
- ^ a b "Elections 2006: Voter turnout for the country as of 7 pm" (in Bulgarian). Izbori2006.org. Archived from the original on 8 January 2007. Retrieved 30 October 2006.
- ^ "Elections 2006: Final results for the country according to the Central Electoral Commission for the President and Vice President Elections" (in Bulgarian). Izbori2006.org. Archived from the original on 8 January 2007. Retrieved 30 October 2006.
- National Assemblyfor his first term.
External links
- (in Bulgarian) Izbori2006.org – official Central Electoral Commission website for the election
- (in Bulgarian) Focus News' Elections 2006 section