Presidential elections were held in Bulgaria on 27 October 1996, with a second round on 3 November.[1] The result was a victory for Petar Stoyanov of the United Democratic Forces, who won 59.7% of the vote in the second round. Voter turnout was 63.3% in the first round and 61.8% in the second.[2]
1996 Bulgarian presidential election|
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| Turnout | 63.14% (first round)
61.45% (second round) |
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| Candidate | Running mate | Party | First round | Second round |
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| Votes | % | Votes | % |
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| Petar Stoyanov | Todor Kavaldzhiev | United Democratic Forces | 1,889,825 | 44.07 | 2,502,517 | 59.73 |
| Ivan Marazov | Irina Bokova | Bulgarian Socialist Party | 1,158,204 | 27.01 | 1,687,242 | 40.27 |
| George Ganchev | Arlin Antonov | Bulgarian Business Bloc | 937,686 | 21.87 | |
| Aleksandar Tomov | Ludmil Marinchevski | Independent | 135,571 | 3.16 | |
| Hristo Boychev | Ivan Kulekov | Movement for the Protection of Retired Unemployed and Poor People | 57,668 | 1.34 | |
| Vera Ilieva | Iskra Atanasova | Bulgarian Communist Party | 34,004 | 0.79 | |
| Slavomir Tsankov | Dobri Dobrev | Union of Democratic Forces and Movements "Era 3" | 22,724 | 0.53 | |
| Ivan Stoyanov | Rumyana Yakimova | Democratic Party in Bulgaria | 14,659 | 0.34 | |
| Mincho Minchev | Pencho Penchev | Patriotic Party of Labour | 13,567 | 0.32 | |
| Mitko Dimitrov | Ignat Ignatov | Alliance for the Preservation of Bulgaria's Wealth | 7,793 | 0.18 | |
| Lyubomir Stefanov | Parush Karaivanov | Alternative Socialist Alliance | 6,056 | 0.14 | |
| Dimitar Markovski | Dimitrina Vuldzhieva | Free Cooperative Party | 5,823 | 0.14 | |
| Iliyan Nikolov | Sergey Nemtserov | Bulgarian National Ecological Party | 4,920 | 0.11 | |
| Total | 4,288,500 | 100.00 | 4,189,759 | 100.00 |
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| Valid votes | 4,288,500 | 99.33 | 4,189,759 | 99.40 |
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| Invalid/blank votes | 28,908 | 0.67 | 25,416 | 0.60 |
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| Total votes | 4,317,408 | 100.00 | 4,215,175 | 100.00 |
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| Registered voters/turnout | 6,837,737 | 63.14 | 6,859,318 | 61.45 |
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| Source: President of Bulgaria |
