2011 Bulgarian presidential election

2011 Bulgarian presidential election

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Turnout52.29% (first round), 48.25% (second round)
 
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Nominee Rosen Plevneliev Ivaylo Kalfin
Party GERB BSP
Running mate Margarita Popova Stefan Danailov
Popular vote 1,698,136 1,531,193
Percentage 52.58% 47.42%


President before election

Georgi Parvanov
BSP

Elected President

Rosen Plevneliev
GERB

Presidential elections were held in Bulgaria on 23 October 2011, with a runoff held on 30 October 2011. Incumbent president Georgi Parvanov was not eligible for re-election; the Constitution of Bulgaria limits a president to two terms. No candidate won outright in the first round, resulting in a runoff between the eventual winner, Rosen Plevneliev of GERB, and Ivaylo Kalfin of the Bulgarian Socialist Party.[1]

  1. ^ Bulgarian ruling party candidate leads in presidential vote Archived October 26, 2011, at the Wayback Machine Business Week, 24 October 2011