Bulgarian presidential election, 2011

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A presidential election was held in Bulgaria on 23 October 2011, with a runoff held on 30 October 2011. No candidate won outright in the first round, resulting in a second round runoff between the eventual winner, Rosen Plevneliev of Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria, and Ivaylo Kalfin of the Bulgarian Socialist Party.[1]

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Candidates

There are 18 registered candidates.[2] Rosen Plevneliev, Ivaylo Kalfin, and Meglena Kuneva were expected to have the best chance of reaching the second round.[3] The candidates are:[4]

Party Presidential candidate Vice presidential candidate
Blue Coalition Rumen Hristov Emmanuel Yordanov
Bulgarian Agrarian National Union Nikolay Nenchev Zheko Ivanov
Bulgarian Democratic Unity Andrey Chorbanov Angel Mirchev
Bulgarian Socialist Party Ivaylo Kalfin Former Culture Minister Stefan Danailov
Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria Rosen Plevneliev Justice Minister Margarita Popova
IMRO – Bulgarian National Movement Krasimir Karakachanov Daniela Dimitrova
Initiative committee Meglena Kuneva Lyubomir Hristov
Initiative committee Dimitar Kutsarov Kamelia Todorova
Initiative committee Aleksey Petrov Nikolai Georgiev
Initiative committee Nikolay Vassilev Vladimir Savov
Initiative committee Svetloslav Vitkov Ventsislav Mitsov
Initiative committee Ventsislav Yosifov Vladimir Slavov
National Front for Salvation of Bulgaria Stefan Solakov Galina Vasileva
National Movement Unity Sali Ibrayim Valentina Gotseva
National Union Attack Volen Siderov Pavel Shopov
Order, Law and Justice Atanas Semov Polya Stancheva
Party for the People of the Nation Pavel Chernev Anelia Dimitrova
United People's Party Maria Kapon Nikolay Kisyov

Conduct

The PACE delegation noted that whilst the election was conducted in a generally orderly and peaceful way, there remained concerns about a lack of a equal access to the media, blurred distinctions between newspaper editorials and political advertisements, the lack of a dedicated voter roll and the candidate registration system which particularly affected independent candidates. PACE also recommended that voting for expatriate Bulgarians should be improved.[5] The OCSE delegation also noted concerns about the blurred lines in media coverage, as well as vote-buying allegations, restrictions on using minority languages in campaigns, and inflammatory statements by some candidates.[6]

Results

Candidate Party First round Second round
Votes % Votes %
Rosen Plevneliev Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria 1,349,380 40.11 1,698,136 52.58
Ivaylo Kalfin Bulgarian Socialist Party 974,300 28.96 1,531,193 47.42
Meglena Kuneva Initiative committee 470,808 14.00
Volen Siderov National Union Attack 122,466 3.64
Stefan Solakov National Front for Salvation of Bulgaria 84,205 2.50
Rumen Hristov Blue Coalition 65,761 1.95
Atanas Semov Order, Law and Justice 61,797 1.84
Svetoslav Vitkov Initiative committee 54,125 1.61
Sali Ibrayim National Movement Unity 41,837 1.24
Krasimir Karakachanov IMRO – Bulgarian National Movement 33,236 0.99
Aleksey Petrov Initiative committee 31,613 0.94
Maria Kapon United People's Party 30,665 0.91
Nikolay Nenchev Bulgarian Agrarian National Union 9,827 0.29
Pavel Chernev Party for the People of the Nation 8,081 0.24
Ventsislav Yosifov Initiative committee 7,021 0.21
Dimitar Kutsarov Initiative committee 6,989 0.21
Andrey Chorbanov Bulgarian Democratic Unity 6,340 0.19
Nikolay Vasilev Initiative committee 5,633 0.17
Total valid votes 3,364,084 100 3,229,329 100
Invalid/blank votes 229,844 6.40 104,837 3.14
Votes cast 3,593,928 100 3,334,166 100
Registered voters/turnout 6,873,589 52.29 6,910,491 48.25
Source: Electoral Commission of Bulgaria

References

  1. ^ Bulgarian ruling party candidate leads in presidential vote Business Week, 24 October 2011
  2. ^ Candidate lists for President and Vice President of the Republic of Bulgaria Electoral Commision of Bulgaria (Bulgarian)
  3. ^ Leading MEP runs for Bulgarian presidency Eurative, 19 July 2011
  4. ^ GERB's Plevneliev has narrow lead in tight presidential race - poll The Sofia Echo, 18 September 2011
  5. ^ Bulgaria’s 2011 elections efficiently run, but with shortcomings – PACE The Sofia Echo, 24 October 2011
  6. ^ OSCE positive about Bulgarian election but worried by vote-buying, media coverage The Sofia Echo, 25 October 2011

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