Bulgarian presidential election, 1992
Bulgarian presidential election, 1992
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Presidential elections were held for the first time in Bulgaria on 12 January 1992, with a second round on 19 January.[1] The result was a victory for Zhelyu Zhelev of the Union of Democratic Forces, who won 52.8% of the vote in the second round. Voter turnout was 75.4% in the first round and 75.9% in the second.[2]
Results
| Candidate |
Party |
First round |
Second round |
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| Votes |
% |
Votes |
% |
| Zhelyu Zhelev | Union of Democratic Forces | 2,261,913 | 44.4 | 2,738,436 | 52.8 |
| Velko Valkanov | Independent¹ | 1,546,843 | 30.4 | 2,443,435 | 47.2 |
| George Ganchev | Bulgarian Business Bloc | 853,044 | 16.8 | |
| Blagovest Sendov | Independent | 113,897 | 2.2 | |
| Other candidates | 315,482 | 6.2 | |
| Invalid/blank votes | 48,712 | – | 24,382 | – |
| Total | 5,139,891 | 100 | 5,206,253 | 100 |
| Source: Nohlen & Stöver |
¹ Valkanov was supported by the Bulgarian Socialist Party.[2]
References
- ↑ Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p369 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
- 1 2 Nohlen & Stöver, p388
