1992 Bulgarian presidential election
← 1990 12 January 1992 (first round)
19 January 1992 (second round)		 1996 →
Turnout75.39% (first round), 75.90% (second round)
 
Nominee Zhelyu Zhelev Velko Valkanov
Party SDS Independent
Running mate Blaga Dimitrova Rumen Vodenicharov
Popular vote 2,738,420 2,443,434
Percentage 52.85% 47.15%
President before election

Zhelyu Zhelev
SDS

Elected President

Zhelyu Zhelev
SDS

Direct 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 incumbent President 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] Zhelev had originally been elected as president by the Grand National Assembly in 1990.

Results

CandidateRunning matePartyFirst roundSecond round
Votes%Votes%
Zhelyu ZhelevBlaga DimitrovaUnion of Democratic Forces2,273,54144.662,738,42052.85
Velko ValkanovRumen VodenicharovIndependent (Bulgarian Socialist Party)1,549,97030.442,443,43447.15
George GanchevPetar BeronBulgarian Business Bloc854,10816.78
Blagovest SendovOgnyan SaparevIndependent113,8972.24
Slavomir TsankovMikhail MilanovUnion of Democratic Parties and Movements "Era 3"50,2470.99
Dimitar PopovHristo GenchevBulgarian National Democratic Party32,6060.64
Anton DonchevNikolai ShkutovMovement "Voice for Non-Party President"31,7980.62
Asen MladenovIvan GeorgievBulgarian Communist Party29,6460.58
Peter GogovBogdan YotsovIndependent Democratic Party21,3020.42
Ivan GeorgievIvan KisimovBulgarian National Radical Party19,4950.38
Siyka GeorgievaStancho MitevTransfiguration Political Forum17,1500.34
Peter ManolovEmilia SavovaNon-Partisan Democracy Movement14,0230.28
Kirill BorisovMilan TonevLiberal Party - Pernik11,2270.22
Yolo DenevGeorgi StatkovBulgarian Democratic Party10,7690.21
Ivan IvanovPetar DimitrovBulgarian National Union – New Democracy10,0990.20
Krum Krumov-KumanovVencheslav GeorgievPre-Election Union for National Salvation10,2660.20
Stoyan TsankovIvan StoyanovDemocratic Party in Bulgaria9,8880.19
Dimitar DimitrovVelcho VelevFree Democratic Party8,6200.17
Dimitar MarkovskiDimitar SavovFree Cooperative Party8,3600.16
Pravdolyub KozhukharovSimeon YanulevBulgarian Workers and Peasants Party7,8080.15
Todor PashaliyskiVelin IlievChristian Radical Party6,3070.12
Total5,091,127100.005,181,854100.00
Valid votes5,091,12799.055,181,85499.53
Invalid/blank votes48,7130.9524,3880.47
Total votes5,139,840100.005,206,242100.00
Registered voters/turnout6,817,91475.396,859,31875.90
Source: President of Bulgaria

References

  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p369 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p388


Categories