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

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Turnout	41.63% (first round) 21.51pp 54.92% (second round) 6.53pp
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

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

Candidate		Running mate	Party	First round		Second round
				Votes	%	Votes	%
	Georgi Parvanov	Angel Marin	Bulgarian Socialist Party	1,032,665	36.39	2,043,443	54.13
	Petar Stoyanov	Neli Kutskova [bg]	United Democratic Forces	991,680	34.95	1,731,676	45.87
	Bogomil Bonev	Atanas Zhelezchev [bg]	Independent	546,801	19.27
	Reneta Indzhova	Krastyu Ilov	Independent (Movement for Rights and Freedoms)	139,680	4.92
	George Ganchev	Veselin Bonchev	George Ganchev's Bloc	95,481	3.36
	Petar Beron	Stoyan Andreev [bg]	Independent	31,394	1.11
Total				2,837,701	100.00	3,775,119	100.00
Valid votes				2,837,701	99.56	3,775,119	99.76
Invalid/blank votes				12,590	0.44	8,914	0.24
Total votes				2,850,291	100.00	3,784,033	100.00
Registered voters/turnout				6,847,422	41.63	6,889,638	54.92
Source: President of Bulgaria Nohlen & Stöver