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Presidential election in Bulgaria From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
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Turnout | 41.63% (first round), 54.92% (second round) | |||||||||||||||||||
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![]() Results by province Parvanov: 50-60% 60-70% Stoyanov: 50-60% 60-70% | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Pollster | Date | Stoyanov | Bonev | Parvanov | Ganchev | Indzhova | Beron | Others |
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Alpha Rissourch[dead link] | 20.09.2001 | 34 | 19 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 0.5 | 22.5 |
Alpha Rissorch[dead link] | 21.10.2001 | 43.9 | 24.5 | 23.2 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 0.6 | 0 |
Candidate | Running mate | Party | First round | Second round | |||
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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 |
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