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Record low turnout

Thu, Nov 15 2001 13:00 CET

byRozalia Hristova

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Record low turnout

The first round of the presidential elections on Sunday saw an extremely low voter turnout. Out of a total of 6,868,371 registered voters, 2,845,500 voted, a showing of 41.5 per cent.

Sunday's number was the lowest in the history of Bulgarian presidential elections. In 1992, voter turnout was 75.39 per cent in the first round and 75.90 per cent in the run-off. The respective figures in the 1996 presidential elections were 63.14 and 61.67 per cent.

This year the most people voted in Yambol (46.46 per cent) and least in Kurdjali (34.08 per cent).

Frontrunner Georgi Purvanov received more votes in places with a higher voter turnout, Tsveta Markova, the spokesperson of the Central Electoral Commission (CEC), said on Wednesday after the release of the final results. According to the data, Purvanov received most support in Vidin (49.78 per cent), while Stoyanov received most votes in his hometown Plovdiv (49.98 per cent).

Out of 31 election regions in Bulgaria, Stoyanov won in only seven, Reneta Indjova received a majority of the votes in Kurdjali, while Purvanov was ahead in the others.

Bulgarians who voted abroad showed a preference for Stoyanov - 65.08 per cent supported him as opposed to 10.31 per cent for Purvanov.

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