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Turnout | 44.11% (first round), 42.62% (second) | |||||||||||||||||||
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Presidential elections were held in Bulgaria on 22 October 2006, as decided on 27 July 2006 by the Bulgarian Parliament. [1] The runoff took place on 29 October 2006, while the electoral campaign spanned 19 September – 20 October. At the election, Georgi Parvanov won his second and final term as President of Bulgaria.
Some of the right-wing parties were disunited at the time but still chose to support a common candidate, Nedelcho Beronov. Prime minister and head of the Socialist Party Sergey Stanishev expressed his strong support for the current president, Georgi Parvanov, in July 2006, [2] and Parvanov officially stated his desire to run for a second term on 25 August 2006. [3] He was also backed by the other two members of the then ruling Triple coalition – NDSV and DPS.
In the first round, incumbent Georgi Parvanov received 64% of the vote, ahead of nationalist leader Volen Siderov who came second with 21.5%. [4] However, Parvanov was forced into a runoff with Siderov, as Bulgarian law requires a turnout of 50% for a president to be elected in the first round. [5] Turnout for the first round was 42.51%. [6] The defeated right-wing forces called for abstention, while some far-left formations[ citation needed] expressed their support for Siderov.
The second round saw Parvanov win a decisive victory with 75.9% as opposed to Siderov's 24.1%, [7] meaning that Parvanov became the first person to be democratically re-elected as President of Bulgaria. [8] The turnout was 41.21%. [6]
Candidate | Running mate | Party | First round | Second round | |||
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Votes | % | Votes | % | ||||
Georgi Parvanov | Angel Marin | Bulgarian Socialist Party | 1,780,119 | 64.05 | 2,050,488 | 75.95 | |
Volen Siderov | Pavel Shopov | Attack | 597,175 | 21.49 | 649,387 | 24.05 | |
Nedelcho Beronov | Yuliana Nikolova | Union of Democratic Forces | 271,078 | 9.75 | |||
Georgi Markov | Maria Ivanova | Order, Law and Justice | 75,478 | 2.72 | |||
Petar Beron | Stela Bankova | Independent | 21,812 | 0.78 | |||
Grigor Velev | Iordan Mutafchev | Аll in One Bulgaria | 19,857 | 0.71 | |||
Lyuben Petrov | Neli Topalova | Independent | 13,854 | 0.50 | |||
Total | 2,779,373 | 100.00 | 2,699,875 | 100.00 | |||
Valid votes | 2,779,373 | 97.29 | 2,699,875 | 97.91 | |||
Invalid/blank votes | 77,374 | 2.71 | 57,560 | 2.09 | |||
Total votes | 2,856,747 | 100.00 | 2,757,435 | 100.00 | |||
Registered voters/turnout | 6,477,126 | 44.11 | 6,469,224 | 42.62 | |||
Source: Electoral Commission of Bulgaria |
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Turnout | 44.11% (first round), 42.62% (second) | |||||||||||||||||||
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Presidential elections were held in Bulgaria on 22 October 2006, as decided on 27 July 2006 by the Bulgarian Parliament. [1] The runoff took place on 29 October 2006, while the electoral campaign spanned 19 September – 20 October. At the election, Georgi Parvanov won his second and final term as President of Bulgaria.
Some of the right-wing parties were disunited at the time but still chose to support a common candidate, Nedelcho Beronov. Prime minister and head of the Socialist Party Sergey Stanishev expressed his strong support for the current president, Georgi Parvanov, in July 2006, [2] and Parvanov officially stated his desire to run for a second term on 25 August 2006. [3] He was also backed by the other two members of the then ruling Triple coalition – NDSV and DPS.
In the first round, incumbent Georgi Parvanov received 64% of the vote, ahead of nationalist leader Volen Siderov who came second with 21.5%. [4] However, Parvanov was forced into a runoff with Siderov, as Bulgarian law requires a turnout of 50% for a president to be elected in the first round. [5] Turnout for the first round was 42.51%. [6] The defeated right-wing forces called for abstention, while some far-left formations[ citation needed] expressed their support for Siderov.
The second round saw Parvanov win a decisive victory with 75.9% as opposed to Siderov's 24.1%, [7] meaning that Parvanov became the first person to be democratically re-elected as President of Bulgaria. [8] The turnout was 41.21%. [6]
Candidate | Running mate | Party | First round | Second round | |||
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Votes | % | Votes | % | ||||
Georgi Parvanov | Angel Marin | Bulgarian Socialist Party | 1,780,119 | 64.05 | 2,050,488 | 75.95 | |
Volen Siderov | Pavel Shopov | Attack | 597,175 | 21.49 | 649,387 | 24.05 | |
Nedelcho Beronov | Yuliana Nikolova | Union of Democratic Forces | 271,078 | 9.75 | |||
Georgi Markov | Maria Ivanova | Order, Law and Justice | 75,478 | 2.72 | |||
Petar Beron | Stela Bankova | Independent | 21,812 | 0.78 | |||
Grigor Velev | Iordan Mutafchev | Аll in One Bulgaria | 19,857 | 0.71 | |||
Lyuben Petrov | Neli Topalova | Independent | 13,854 | 0.50 | |||
Total | 2,779,373 | 100.00 | 2,699,875 | 100.00 | |||
Valid votes | 2,779,373 | 97.29 | 2,699,875 | 97.91 | |||
Invalid/blank votes | 77,374 | 2.71 | 57,560 | 2.09 | |||
Total votes | 2,856,747 | 100.00 | 2,757,435 | 100.00 | |||
Registered voters/turnout | 6,477,126 | 44.11 | 6,469,224 | 42.62 | |||
Source: Electoral Commission of Bulgaria |