1992 Bulgarian presidential election
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.
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Turnout | 75.4% (first round) 75.9% (second round) | |||||||||||||||||||
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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 | Independent[lower-alpha 1] | 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 | ||||
Slavomir Tsankov | Union of Democratic Parties and Movements Era 3 | 50,247 | 0.9 | ||||
Dimitar Popov | Bulgarian National Democratic Party | 32,606 | 0.6 | ||||
Aнтон Дончев | Movement "Voice for Non-Party President" | 31,798 | 0.6 | ||||
Other candidates | 200,831 | 4.1 | |||||
Invalid/blank votes | 48,712 | – | 24,382 | – | |||
Total | 5,139,891 | 100 | 5,206,253 | 100 | |||
Source: Nohlen & Stöver |
- Valkanov was supported by the Bulgarian Socialist Party.[2]
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References
- Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p369 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
- Nohlen & Stöver, p388
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