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Presidential election in Bulgaria
1996 Bulgarian presidential election Turnout 63.14% (first round)
Presidential elections were held in Bulgaria on 27 October 1996, with a second round on 3 November.[ 1] Petar Stoyanov of the United Democratic Forces , who won 59.7% of the vote in the second round. Voter turnout was 63.3% in the first round and 61.8% in the second.[ 2]
Candidate Running mate Party First round Second round Votes % Votes % Petar Stoyanov Todor Kavaldzhiev United Democratic Forces 1,889,825 44.07 2,502,517 59.73 Ivan Marazov Irina Bokova Bulgarian Socialist Party 1,158,204 27.01 1,687,242 40.27 George Ganchev Arlin Antonov Bulgarian Business Bloc 937,686 21.87 Aleksandar Tomov Ludmil Marinchevski Independent 135,571 3.16 Hristo Boychev Ivan Kulekov Movement for the Protection of Retired Unemployed and Poor People 57,668 1.34 Vera Ilieva Iskra Atanasova Bulgarian Communist Party 34,004 0.79 Slavomir Tsankov Dobri Dobrev Union of Democratic Forces and Movements "Era 3" 22,724 0.53 Ivan Stoyanov Rumyana Yakimova Democratic Party in Bulgaria 14,659 0.34 Mincho Minchev Pencho Penchev Patriotic Party of Labour 13,567 0.32 Mitko Dimitrov Ignat Ignatov Alliance for the Preservation of Bulgaria's Wealth 7,793 0.18 Lyubomir Stefanov Parush Karaivanov Alternative Socialist Alliance 6,056 0.14 Dimitar Markovski Dimitrina Vuldzhieva Free Cooperative Party 5,823 0.14 Iliyan Nikolov Sergey Nemtserov Bulgarian National Ecological Party 4,920 0.11 Total 4,288,500 100.00 4,189,759 100.00 Valid votes 4,288,500 99.33 4,189,759 99.40 Invalid/blank votes 28,908 0.67 25,416 0.60 Total votes 4,317,408 100.00 4,215,175 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 6,837,737 63.14 6,859,318 61.45 Source: President of Bulgaria
