2001 Bulgarian presidential election

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.

2001 Bulgarian presidential election
11 November 2001 (first round)
18 November 2001 (second round)
Turnout41.8% (first round)
55.1% (second round)
 
Nominee Georgi Parvanov Petar Stoyanov
Party BSP ODS
Running mate Angel Marin Neli Kutskova
Popular vote 2,043,443 1,731,676
Percentage 54.1% 45.9%
President before election

Petar Stoyanov
ODS

 Elected President

Georgi Parvanov
BSP

Opinion polls

First round
Pollster Date Stoyanov Bonev Parvanov Ganchev Indzhova Beron Others
Alpha Rissourch 20.09.2001 34 19 18 3 3 0.5 22.5
Alpha Rissorch 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 KutskovaUnited Democratic Forces991,68034.951,731,67645.87
Bogomil BonevAtanas ZhelezchevIndependent546,80119.27
Reneta IndzhovaKrastyu IlovIndependent (Movement for Rights and Freedoms)139,6804.92
George GanchevVeselin BonchevGeorge Ganchev's Bloc95,4813.36
Petar BeronStoyan AndreevIndependent31,3941.11
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
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