2001 Bulgarian presidential election

2001 Bulgarian presidential election

← 1996 11 November 2001 (first round)
18 November 2001 (second round)
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Turnout41.63% (first round), 54.92% (second round)
 
Nominee Georgi Parvanov Petar Stoyanov
Party BSP ODS
Running mate Angel Marin Neli Kutskova [bg]
Popular vote 2,043,443 1,731,676
Percentage 54.13% 45.87%

Results by province
Parvanov:      50-60%      60-70%
Stoyanov:      50-60%      60-70%

President before election

Petar Stoyanov
ODS

Elected President

Georgi Parvanov
BSP

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.

Opinion polls

First round

Pollster Date Stoyanov Bonev Parvanov Ganchev Indzhova Beron Others
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

Results

CandidateRunning matePartyFirst roundSecond round
Votes%Votes%
Georgi ParvanovAngel MarinBulgarian Socialist Party1,032,66536.392,043,44354.13
Petar StoyanovNeli Kutskova [bg]United Democratic Forces991,68034.951,731,67645.87
Bogomil BonevAtanas Zhelezchev [bg]Independent546,80119.27
Reneta IndzhovaKrastyu IlovIndependent (Movement for Rights and Freedoms)139,6804.92
George GanchevVeselin BonchevGeorge Ganchev's Bloc95,4813.36
Petar BeronStoyan Andreev [bg]Independent31,3941.11
Total2,837,701100.003,775,119100.00
Valid votes2,837,70199.563,775,11999.76
Invalid/blank votes12,5900.448,9140.24
Total votes2,850,291100.003,784,033100.00
Registered voters/turnout6,847,42241.636,889,63854.92
Source: President of Bulgaria Nohlen & Stöver

References

  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p369 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p389