President of Bulgaria
The President of the Republic of Bulgaria is the head of state of Bulgaria. The President is the commander-in-chief of the Military of Bulgaria. The official residence of the President is at Boyana Residence, Sofia.
Bulgarian presidential line of succession
- 1. Vice President of Bulgaria
- 2. Chairman of the National Assembly
Latest election
Summary of the 2011 Bulgarian presidential election results:
| Candidate |
Party |
First round |
Second round |
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| Votes |
% |
Votes |
% |
| Rosen Plevneliev | GERB | 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 | Attack | 122,466 | 3.64 | |
| Stefan Solakov | National Front for Salvation of Bulgaria | 84,205 | 2.50 | |
| Rumen Hristov | Union of Democratic Forces | 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 |
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