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.

1992 Bulgarian presidential election

12 January 1992 (first round) 19 January 1992 (second round)
Turnout	75.4% (first round) 75.9% (second round)
Nominee Zhelyu Zhelev Velko Valkanov Party SDS Independent Running mate Blaga Dimitrova Rumen Vodenicharov Popular vote 2,738,436 2,443,435 Percentage 52.8% 47.2%
President before election Zhelyu Zhelev SDS Elected President Zhelyu Zhelev SDS

Results

Candidate	Party	First round		Second round
		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

1. Valkanov was supported by the Bulgarian Socialist Party.[2]

References

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