2001 Bulgarian presidential election
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| Turnout | 41.63% (first round) 21.51pp 54.92% (second round) 6.53pp | |||||||||||||||||||
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Results by province Parvanov: 50–60% 60–70% Stoyanov: 50–60% 60–70% | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Presidential elections were held in Bulgaria on 11 November 2001, with a second round on 18 November. 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. Parvanov took office in 2002, becoming the first former communist to hold the post since 1990.