July–August 1990 Bulgarian presidential election

President
24 July–1 August 1990

400 members of the Grand National Assembly
267 votes needed to win
 
Nominee Zhelyu Zhelev
Party SDS
Electoral vote 284

President before election

Nikolai Todorov (acting)
Independent

Elected President

Zhelyu Zhelev
SDS

Vice-President
1 August 1990
 
Nominee Atanas Semerdzhiev
Party BSP
Electoral vote 383

Vice President before election

None

Elected Vice President

Atanas Semerdzhiev
BSP

Indirect presidential elections were held in Bulgaria in July and August 1990. A new president and vice president were elected by members of the Grand National Assembly following the resignation of president Petar Mladenov on 20 July 1990 less than four months after he was elected in April. Voting took place over six rounds, with no candidate able to achieve a two-thirds majority until the sixth and final round when Zhelyu Zhelev was the sole candidate.

Candidates

On 30 July Alexander Lilov stated on behalf of the parliamentary group of the Bulgarian Socialist Party that the decision to withdraw the candidacy of Chavdar Kjuranov was "driven by the desire and the will of our party to get out of the outlined presidential crisis and today to elect president our republic." Lilov added that, "we will support one of the two candidates who puts politics of national consensus above party interests."

The next day, Peter Dertliev also withdrew his candidacy.

On 31 July Elena Kircheva reported the withdrawal of the candidature of Viktor Valkov on behalf of the parliamentary group of Agrarians, with Valkov saying "I do not feel confident enough at this time to proceed to the leadership of the country given that I see now in parliament a group of about 130 people on whose support I probably will not count."

On 31 July Stoyan Ganev nominated Zhelyu Zhelev as a candidate for head of state on behalf of the Union of Democratic Forces. On 1 August Prime Minister Andrei Lukanov said that the parliamentary group of the Socialist Party would support Zhelev, Viktor Valkov doing this on behalf of the BAP, BSP and UDF, and Julius Bahnev – on behalf of MRF. This provided the required majority and Zhelev was elected to the post.

Results

Candidate Party First round Second round Third round Fourth round Fifth round Sixth round
Chavdar KjuranovBulgarian Socialist Party217211190194
Peter DertlievParty of Bulgarian Social Democrats130131146146130
Viktor ValkovBulgarian Agrarian National Union36374137254
Zhelyu ZhelevUnion of Democratic Forces284
Against11108
Total390384387384386392

Election of Vice President

In the original nomination BSP nominated for vice president Velko Valkanov, UDF – Petar Beron and Agrarian not rising contender. Upon withdrawal of the presidential candidates Chavdar Kjuranov Peter Dertliev and Viktor Valkov and nominating Zhelyu Zhelev also not available candidate for deputy. On August 1, immediately after being elected, Zhelyu Zhelev available for VP General Atanas Semerdzhiev. His nomination is subject to an open vote by show of hands and he was elected with the votes of 383 deputies, 7 vote "against" and 2 abstain.

References

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