# 1992 Bulgarian presidential election

Direct presidential elections were held for the first time in Bulgaria on 12 January 1992, with a second round on 19 January. The result was a victory for incumbent President Zhelyu Zhelev of the Union of Democratic Forces, who won 52.8% of the vote in the second round. Voter turnout was 75.4% in the first round and 75.9% in the second. Zhelev had originally been elected as president by the Grand National Assembly in 1990.

## Results

| Candidate | Candidate | Running mate | Party | First round | First round | Second round | Second round |
| Candidate | Candidate | Running mate | Party | Votes | % | Votes | % |
| | Zhelyu Zhelev | Blaga Dimitrova | Union of Democratic Forces | 2,273,541 | 44.66 | 2,738,420 | 52.85 |
| | Velko Valkanov | Rumen Vodenicharov | Independent (Bulgarian Socialist Party) | 1,549,970 | 30.44 | 2,443,434 | 47.15 |
| | George Ganchev | Petar Beron | Bulgarian Business Bloc | 854,108 | 16.78 | | |
| | Blagovest Sendov | Ognyan Saparev | Independent | 113,897 | 2.24 | | |
| | Slavomir Tsankov | Mikhail Milanov | Union of Democratic Parties and Movements "Era 3" | 50,247 | 0.99 | | |
| | Dimitar Popov | Hristo Genchev | Bulgarian National Democratic Party | 32,606 | 0.64 | | |
| | Anton Donchev | Nikolai Shkutov | Movement "Voice for Non-Party President" | 31,798 | 0.62 | | |
| | Asen Mladenov | Ivan Georgiev | Bulgarian Communist Party | 29,646 | 0.58 | | |
| | Peter Gogov | Bogdan Yotsov | Independent Democratic Party | 21,302 | 0.42 | | |
| | Ivan Georgiev | Ivan Kisimov | Bulgarian National Radical Party | 19,495 | 0.38 | | |
| | Siyka Georgieva | Stancho Mitev | Transfiguration Political Forum | 17,150 | 0.34 | | |
| | Peter Manolov | Emilia Savova | Non-Partisan Democracy Movement | 14,023 | 0.28 | | |
| | Kirill Borisov | Milan Tonev | Liberal Party - Pernik | 11,227 | 0.22 | | |
| | Yolo Denev | Georgi Statkov | Bulgarian Democratic Party | 10,769 | 0.21 | | |
| | Ivan Ivanov | Petar Dimitrov | Bulgarian National Union – New Democracy | 10,099 | 0.20 | | |
| | Krum Krumov-Kumanov | Vencheslav Georgiev | Pre-Election Union for National Salvation | 10,266 | 0.20 | | |
| | Stoyan Tsankov | Ivan Stoyanov | Democratic Party in Bulgaria | 9,888 | 0.19 | | |
| | Dimitar Dimitrov | Velcho Velev | Free Democratic Party | 8,620 | 0.17 | | |
| | Dimitar Markovski | Dimitar Savov | Free Cooperative Party | 8,360 | 0.16 | | |
| | Pravdolyub Kozhukharov | Simeon Yanulev | Bulgarian Workers and Peasants Party | 7,808 | 0.15 | | |
| | Todor Pashaliyski | Velin Iliev | Christian Radical Party | 6,307 | 0.12 | | |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 5,091,127 | 100.00 | 5,181,854 | 100.00 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | 5,091,127 | 99.05 | 5,181,854 | 99.53 |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 48,713 | 0.95 | 24,388 | 0.47 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 5,139,840 | 100.00 | 5,206,242 | 100.00 |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 6,817,914 | 75.39 | 6,859,318 | 75.90 |
| Source: President of Bulgaria ||||||||